BY P. GRAY MEEK.
INK SLINGS.
; —How senseless it was to long for spring
when we enjoyed weather like that of
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
—A little more of “the beautiful” fell
yesterday morning and put an end to the
few days of spring weather we had been
enjoying.
—If the ground-hog didn’t see his
shadow on Monday he must either have
been sleeping off a Saturday night jag or
need the services of an occulist.
—Another link has broken from the
chain of men whose names and fame
have attacted attention to Bellefonte
which she otherwise would never have
received.
—Chicago churches have taken to ad-
vertising in the newspapers and on Sun-
day a million and a-half people attended
divine service in that city. Talk about
the value of newspapers in a community.
—One of the RoTHSCHILDS has paid
five thousand dollars for a specimen of
very rare flea. What if the treasure
should get locse on the Baron’s anatomy
some day just after hehas had his finger
nails trimmed? Do you think he would
realize then that he had at last gotten his
money’s worth.
—City Solicitor MICHAEL J. RYAN, of
Philadelphia, on Monday formally an-
nounced his candidacy for the office of
Governor on the Democratic ticket. Mr.
RYAN is a very able man, a sterling
Democrat, and has never been identified
with any of the factions in the party in
this State. His announcement will proba-
bly be the signal for others to throw
their hats into the ring and it is altogether
likely that there will be a number of
good men to select from.
—MTr. PALMER'S friends are complain-
ing that the burden of dispensing patron-
age is becoming too heavy for him to
bear. Plainly this is a mistake. The
trouble is that the recompense for the
labor is inadequate. Having established
a patronage trading post Mr. PALMER
has discovered that it costs more than it
comes to. In other words his expecta-
tions of returns, in the shape of political
strength, have been disappointed. He
has favored men, in most instances, who
are not able to “deliver the goods,” and
"his capital is about exhausted.
—We fancy that VANCE McCORMICK
and others of our state organization are
denouncing the candidacy of MICHAEL J.
RyAN, of Philadelphia, for Governor, not
‘because they believe what they say about
“Mr. RYAN but because they are. under: |
taking to make an excuse for turning
‘the force of the state organization in for
MCcCoRrMICK, himself, or someone else of
their personal picking. The WATCHMAN
has no favorite to play in the campaign,but
it is unalteratively opposed to the unfair
practice of having the state organization
work for or against any of the aspirants
who may enter the field.
—An article published in the Centre
Democrat last week reflecting on the
integrity and purpose of the gentlemen
who tried to locate an automobile fac-
tory in Bellefonte appears like an
altogether malicious and unwarranted
attack. We know of nobody in Bellefonte
who has lost anything yet through the
promotion of that plant and we think the
future course of those interested in the
‘automobile factory will be such as to
‘guarantee our people against any possi-
ble loss. All that Bellefonte had actually
given was the site and it will be deeded
back to us just as soon as the process of
the law makes it possible. On the, other
hand Messrs. SEIG and HARBOLD haven't
run away. They had no reason for so
doing. Both gentlemen were sincere in
the matter, as is shown by the fact that
they have become residents of Bellefonte
and are now operating an industry giving
employment to fifty or more men that
would have been idle had they not been
opportunely here to keep it going.
—If State chairman ROLAND S. MORRIS
would come out and frankly tell us who
he means when he talks of the ‘“bi-
partisan Democrats” of Pennsylvania he
‘would escape the contempt all fair mind-
‘ed people must have for a person who is
continually harping in innuendoes. Such
talk is not good for the solidarity of the
Democracy of Pennsylvania and if Mr.
MORRIS is not old enough to know it for
himself some of his advisers ought to
talk a little sense to him. There are a
lot of Democrats in Pennsylvania who
followed the old leadership of the party,
‘not because they knew personally any of
the leaders or had profited in any way
from that leadership, but merely because
they were Democrats and loyal to their
party at all times. -Because of their regu-
larity, more than anything else, they re-
fused to desert the nominee of the party
made at Allentown, and then, before they
knew what had happened, they found the
leadership of their party fallen into the
hands of a few men who at once began
to call them political crooks, ‘bi-partisan
Democrats” and every other opprobrious
term that can be applied. Let us tell
you, Mr. MORRIS, if the crowd of mush-
room Democrats who are flocking about
you haven't courage todo it, that there
are Democrats up here in Centre county
and all over Pennsylvania®who will vote
for Republicans the first time in their
lives next fall unless you make an end of
your fatuous talk and get down to the
business of healing up the wounds you
Demo Rc.
STATE
AL UNION.
VOL. 09.
BELLEFONTE, PA.
FEBRUARY 6; 1914.
NO. 6.
General James Addams Beaver.
The last of the trio of Governors that’
Bellefonte has furnished this great Com-
monwealth was laid to rest on Tuesday. |
The burial service was as simple and un-
ostentatious as was the early life of this
man who leaves behind him a memory
of all that was courageous and all that
was good.
A soldier, an advocate, a judge and a:
christian; in all surpassing the accom-
plishments of most men, but in the two
that count for most a brilliant, fearless, |
untiring leader.
General BEAVER, we use the military
title because he loved it more than
“Governor’’ or “Judge,” since he,alone,had
earned that one, needs no eulogy from us.
That would be a work of supererogation.
Rather let us record the profound Sorrow
this community feels in his passing and
point to the comforting thought that,
with all the glorious conquests that were
his on the field of battle; all the sweets
of laudable ambition tasted as he climbed
to distinction in his civil profession; all
the honors that were thrust upon him
by the people of a great Commonwealth,
he never faltered as a christian man.
That was the beautiful thing in General
BEAVER. That was what made him a
conqueror in life; a conqueror in death.
——Colonel ROOSEVELT declares that
“his spear knows no brother.” No, when
the Colonel was buying a canal site he
recognized his brother-in-law.
Chairman Morris Promoting Faction.
In a speech at a Democratic banquet
in Montgomery county, the other even-
ing, chairman MORRIS, of the Democratic
State committee, again sounded the note
of factionalism. The obvious purpose of
‘the feast was to promote the interests of
Congressman - DIFENDERFER, who is a
candidate for another term. Less than a
year ago Mr. DIFENDERFER publicly de-
clared his purpose to leave the Demo-
cratic party and invited other believers
in the heresies of Populism to join him
in the organization of another party. As
aresult of his recreancy the Democrats
of his district threaten to refuse him a
renomination. Mr. PALMER and his per-
sonal machine are striving to defeat this
purpose of the Democrats.
Every Democrat has an inalienable
right to support any other Democrat for
‘the nomination of his party for any office
and Mr. ROLAND S. MORRIS, who has
never been much of a Democrat, is at
full liberty, in his individual capacity, to
butt into the politics of a district of
any candidate. But he has neither the
legal nor moral right to use the organiza-
tion of the Democratic party to boost the
candidacy of one Democrat agair.st anoth-
er, much less to force the nomination of
a political recreant against the wishes of
the Democratic voters of a Congressional
district. In all the history of the party
this outrage had never been attempted
until the present bosses assumed, con-
trol.
In the present political conditions in
Pennsylvania there is a great opportunity
for the Democratic party. The return of
a considerable number of the so-called
Bull Moosers to their former party allegi-
ance will equalize the strength of the
Republican factions rather than restore
the party to power. Two years ago, if
there had been enough brains in- the
Democratic organization to run a black-
smith shop with one fire, WooDROW WIL-
SON would have carried the State. Last
year, but for open and shameless treach-
ery on the part of those entrusted with
the work of the State organization, the
State would have gone Democratic and a
| bacon.
which he is not a resident, in behalf of |
The Republican Senatorial Nomination.
Mr. W. D. B. AINEY who anathematizes
Senator PENROSE as a “modern political
Goliath,” is manifestly offering himself
as a sacrifice to save the giant's official
He announces himself as a can-
didate for the Republican Senatorial
nomination. In this he is presenting to
the public either a farce or a tragedy.
{ As a Congressman he has done nothing
to distinguish himself. One of his eulo-
gists says “he rarely speaks and has no
, distinct personality which makes him
stand out among his colleagues.”
He is
a genial gentleman, no doubt, and a bit-
ter partisan, and he may, possibly, be-
lieve that “the Republican party can be
| rehabilitated and made progressive.”
Some men are very credulous.
There is a very decided opposition to
Senator PENROSE even in the ranks of
the regular Republican party. But there
is no regular Republican in the State
who as completely commands the alle-
giance of the Republican machine and
the party leaders. Therefore only a man
of extraordinary force and unusual popu-
larity will be able to defeat PENROSE for
cans who are now Bull Moosers, were in
the equation, it might be different. In
that event an amiable gentleman “who
cannot get away from the party name,”
though without distinction might ac-
complish the result. But the Bull Moos-
ers will vote the primary ticket of their
own party and only the regulars will
have a voice in the nomination of the
Republican candidate to succeed PEN-
ROSE.
That being the case it looks as if Mr.
AINEY is simply setting himself up as a
foil to shield PENROSE. There are regu-
lar Republicans who might beat the Sen-
ator for the Republican nomination but
of course they will be kept out of the
running by the absurd candidacy of Mr.
AINEY who has no more chance of achiev-
ing that result than he has of an election
to the Presidency of the Mexican Re-
(public. If Mr. AINEY is sincere in his
desire to defeat PENROSE, therefore, he
will “promptly take himself out of the"
race and offer his support to some one
whose candidacy means something more
than a joke. No Republican will be elec-
ted but the party ought to present itself
"in decent shape for burial.
——If the Hon. MITCHELL PALMER
gives up his seat in Congress in order
that the Hon. JiM BLAKESLIE may occupy
it both of these distinguished patronage
brokers may be out of a job after the
next election.
Senator Penrose’s Goat.
In his Pittsburgh speech, the other
evening, Senator PENROSE said, in refer-
ence to the tariff law: “It is sectional in
that it favors sections of the South as
against the North. Thus rates substan-
tially equal to the DINGLEY rates are
kept on the hair of the Angora goat
largely becouse he is found in Texas,
while the wool of the sheep, which is an
animal of the same species as the goat,
is placed upon the free list.” We are
glad that the Senator’s goat is a “Billy.”
If it were a “Nanny,” the inference might
be drawn, with equal plausibility, that
the discrimination in favor of the goat
was a concession to the suffragettes, mil-
itant or otherwise.
As a matter of fact, however, there are
a thousand sheep in Texas to every An-
_gora goat and in discriminating against
‘the sheep and in favor of the goat one of
the principal interests of Texas is injur-
ed while that which is benefitted
is merely a “side line.” Moreover
there are more sheep in Texas than in
all the Northern States east of the Mis-
sissippi river. Besides the hair of the
Angora goat has hardly attained the im-
portance of a commercial commodity in
this country while the wool of the sheep
is practically a necessary of life in the
rigid climate of the North. Woolen
Democrat been elected to the Superior
licans split more nearly in the middle, it
will be almost impossible for the Demo-
crats to blunder into defeat. In fact that
can only be aéhieved by downright treach-
ery on the part of Democratic managers.
They may be able to destroy: hope and
prevent victory.
rarty are filled with hope and inspired
with enthusiasm. But they will not per-
mit the prostitution of the power of the
organization in order to create a personal
machine to be used for selfish purposes.
Since the inauguration of the Democratic
administration the Democratic organiza-
tion has been perverted into a trading
post for the exchange of patronage for
votes. The chairman of the State com-
mittee has been especially active and
offensive in this respect. He must quit
it and quit it at once or take responsi-
bility of so wiecking the party that even
the present demoralization of the oppo-
and Mr. PALMER have already made.
sition will not save us.
court bench.” This year with the Repub- |
The rank and file of the Democratic
clothes and blankets are the most effica-
i cious preventive of tuberculosis that has
| yet been discovered.
In raising such a point against the
| UNDERWOOD tariff law Senator PENROSE
| paid * scant respect for the intelhgence
| of his audience. A company which can
. be deceived by suchbalderdash would be
incapable of exercising the right of
franchise intelligently. and the Senator
might as well tell;it ‘that the new tariff
law is responsible for the unusual weath-
er of the present winter as to hand out
to it such drivel as his ahsurd statement
with respect to goats and sheep. The
truth is that the political conditions
which the Senator has found in his trip
to Pittsburgh has “got his goat,” and he
is trying to conceal his chagrin in pre-
posterous figures of speech.
——We are not worried abeut the‘pro-
posed march of COXEY'S army'tc ' Wash-
ington in the near future. "The Republi-
can machine can’t spare money to finance
such an enterprise at this time. |
the nomination. If the former Republi-
Blunders of a False Teacher.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, writing in the
Outlook upon the influence of militarism, |
says: “A serious and unbiased study of
the matter would undoubtedly show that
in England, which for a century has not .
suffered from militarism at all, there has
been a serious deterioration in the physi-
cal standard compared with Germany,
which is the most military power of
Europe.” This reveals the absolute un-
reliability of THEODORE ROOSEVELT. In
the first place England with a navy near-
ly three times the strength of that of
Germany has not been free from the evil
effects of militarism, and in the second
place there has been neither mental nor
physical deterioration in England within
the century last past. :
Militarism isn’t altogether the mus-
tering of soldiers in camp or on parade.
It doesn’t depend upon the roster of in-
fantry, the squadrons of cavalry or the
batteries of artillery which are maintain-
ed. It means the spirit of war and the
' methods of force. England doesn’t main-
tain as large a standing army as Ger-
many or Russia, for the reason, likely,
that her conditions do not require it. But
| her navy taxes the people to the limit
' and makes her the most powerful, as well
as the best prepared nation in Europe
for emergencies. Like the United States
' she depends upon her citizen soldiery for
' defense in the event of invasion and her
navy is a guarantee of safety under other
circumstances.
ROOSEVELT, lusting for blood, would
exhaust the resources of the country in
maintaining an army of conquest that
would make all other peoples tremble
while they hated the great American
Republic. He discerns glory only in the
devastation of warand in the destruction
of human life. Such men are a curse to
any country and it is to be hoped that
we will soon recover from the mental
and moral frenzy that makes them pos-
sible in this land of peace and plenty.
False prophets and teachers of folly, they
‘do infinite harm whenever their voices
are raised or their malign influence is
delt. We want neither them nor their
preachments to divert us from the
triumphs of industry.
— If wireless telegraphy attains the
success that is promised the old method
become obsolete in the near future. But
there is no obvious reason why the oid
telegraph companies should unload their
expensive but worthless plants and equip-
ment upon the government.
Cost of Rooseveltism.
One of the causes which are disturbing
our international relations at present is
the claim of Colombia for recompense for
the seizure of the Canal Zone and the
loss of the territory embraced within the
boundaries of Panama. After THEODORE
ROOSEVELT had paid to his brother-in-
law and others $40,000,000 for the Pana-
ma canal franchise, worth a small frac-
tion of that amount, Colombia refused to
transfer the concession which had been
made to the French company for the con-
sideration, tendered, of $10,000,000. There-
upon ROOSEVELT organized a revolution
in the province of Panama and “seized”
the Zone, paying the mushroom govern-
ment he had created $10,000,000 for the
concession.
No greater outrage had ever been per-
petrated by one nation against another.
It was an exemplification of the dastard-
ly doctrine that “might makes right,”
and has been a cause of reproach and a
source of dishonor to the government of
the United States ever since. Soon after
the event, Colombia set up a claim for
reparation, the justice of which has been
recognized by every civilized govern-
ment. Now that other powers have, or
imagine they have, grievances, this claim
is being pressed with such pertinacity as
to require consideration and it may be
set down as certain that settlement must
be made in the near future.
The demand of Colombia is $25,000,000.
The concession might easily have been
obtained at the time for $15,000,000 and
as we had paid so enormously for the
franchise, that sum might well have been
paid.’ But ROOSEVELT preferred the pro-
cesses of the bandit and after encourag-
ing the organizing and financing of a
rebellion’ paid Panama $10,000,000 for
something to which it had no title
and ‘for “which Colombia will have
to be paid the larger sum now. It is one
of the penalties which the country must
bear for having elevated an unfit man
to the Presidency and similar penalties
will be inflicted upon us at intervals for
a generation.
+—Now that people are getting into
the habit’ of sending ‘vegetables to Mr
BRYAN: his salary as Secretary of State
cumstances by ‘the end of his term.
of electrical communication is likely to |.
and fees’ from‘ the Chautauqua circuit |
ought-to’-pyt him into comfortable cir- |
| Taking Care of all Sections.
From the Harrisburg Star-Independent.
i The powers behind the throne in the
{| Republican party have agreed on the
i ticket that they want to see nominated
i 1n the spring primaries for the leading
State offices, and the word has gone out
. to the faithful workers regarding who
: they are expected to support. Of course
. there is no “official announcement” of
the slate that the leaders have agreed
upon, for theoretically the names of the
i nominees for the party’s ticket are to be
i left to the free selection of the voters in
| the primaries.
i From what can be gleaned unofficially,
however, there is no doubt that Penrose
‘is picked to run for United States Senator;
| Stuart, for Governor; former Speaker
i Frank B. McClain, for Lieutenant Gov-
| ernor and Henry Houck, to succeed him-
self as Secretary of Internal Affairs;
men-at-large will be selected from among
men living in the western and north-
western sections. s
Under this plan, it will be seen, a care-
ful apportionment has been made with a
view not to slight any part of the State.
Penrose and Stuart represent Philadel-
phia and the eastern section; McClain is
mayor of Lancaster, and Houck lives in
Lebanon, so that these two represent
Central Pennsylvania, and the west and
northwest will be permitted to name the
Congressmen-at-large.
Probably never before have the leaders
of the Republican organization in Pennsyl-
vania been so careful to recognize every
district in the distribution of places on
the ticket, which goes to show that they
do not intend that any considerable sec-
tion shall have a grievance which would
be reflected in the total when the vote is
counted. : we
Verily, in these days of three-cornered
fights, every vote counts!
_ “Everybody With Wilson.”
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
President Wilson, in advocating an in-
terstate trade commission, has stolen
both Progressive and Republican thunder,
and the outcome will doubtless be that
the bill to create such a commission will
go through Congress by practically a un-
animous vote. Such a spectacle is a most
extraordinary one in a parliament where
the party lines have always been tightly
drawn and still are on most questions of
moment.
The unanimity of opinion as to the
expediency of creating aninterstate trade
commission is in decided contrast with
the situation prior to the election in 1912,
‘when President Wilson remarked in a
speech that the trust question was some-
thing which had grown up in this coun-
try with startling rapidity and it was not
strange if the proper solution of it had
not been found.
But through the intervening months
public opinion has crystallized at a mar-
velous rate, until today thinking men of
all parties are agreed as to the wisdom
of an interstate trade commission as an
essential part of an antitrust program,
and even Republicans and Progressives
will not attempt to make capital them-
selves by opposing seriously the other
details in President Wilson’s list of re-
forms, so popular is he with the country,
and so convinced are the people that he
has found the right remedy for the trust
ills of America.
The present time marks what may
very well be the height of President Wil-
son’s prestige during his four-year term.
It most certainly marks the season of
least opposition to him by the rival par-
ties in the Congress of the United States.
A Peacemaking War Talk.
From the Lancaster Intelligencer.
The advice of the General Board of the
navy upon the programme to be follow-
ed in forming the annual bill for naval
increase was given to the naval committee
of the House on Wednesday by ‘Admiral
Vreeland, together with much confiden-
tial information upon the situation
which would confront us in the event of
war.
Some of this confidential information
has leaked out and is exploited under
scare-head lines by various newspapers,
according to their viewpoint and char-
acter, some treating it as the usual “war
scare to boost big naval appropriations”
and some as a grave warning of impend-
ing hostilities with Japan or other pow-
ers.
It is perfectly evident, however, that
Admiral Vreeland merely discussed the
evident possibilities of the future with no
reference whatever to any immediate
trouble or danger; pointing out condi-
tions long familiar to all who have given
attention to the matter and supporting
the recommendations of the board, of
which Admi:-al Dewey is chairman, with
the obvious reasons for those recommen-
dations.
The Best Salesman.
From the Albany Journal.
“Newspaper advertising is your best
salesman. When times are dull, keep up
your advertising and increase your space
in the papers from time to time.”
That admonition was given by William
Laird, of Pittsburgh, to the delegates to
the convention of the national shoe re-
‘tailers’ association in New York. :
‘ “Advertising gives your customers
confidence .in you and increases your
confidence in yourself,” he continued.
“It is a profitable investment in every
season, and to lessen your advertising
space in duil times is ill advised and
often costly.”
While his advice was given to dealers
in shoes, it is equally good for merchants
in all lines of business. In busy times
there is more business for merchants
who. advertise freely. and intelligently
than for those who do. not, and in dull
times there is less of dullness for them.
~——For high _ class Job Work come’to
the WATCHMAN Office. ha
while the four candidates for Congress- |.
SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE.
—The University of Pennsylvania has received
encugh entries to warrant establishing an exten-
sion centre at Williamsport.
—Two dogs that gave Clearfield a mad dog
scare were killed within twenty-four hours by
the dog catcher, one on the east side and one on
the west.
—Ten deer of the 120 promised for various ‘for-
ests of other counties have been caught at West-
over, Clearfield county preserve. The task is ex-
tremely difficult. :
—The Rockhill Iren and Coal company is in-
stalling at Woodvale an electric plant to furnish
power for its mines and to light the villages of
Woodvale and Robertsdale.
—Jersey Shore Methodist Episcopal churches
united in an invitation to the Central Pennsylva-
nia conference to hold its 1915 session in that
place. The Presbyterians second the invitation.
—Finding $75 worth of pearls in a fish that cost
25 cents was the luck of O. R. Wike, of Lewis-
town, a few days ago. The fish was from the
oyster bed region and had evidently been feeding
on raw oysters.
—Two men of the same name died near Lock
Haven on the same day recently. John R. Shoe-
maker, aged 85 years, and Jacob R. Shoemaker,
aged 63 years, both of Swissdale. It is not stated
that they were relatives. -
—A young spike buck got its head fast in a
wire fence near Petersburg and in its efforts to
get loose twisted around until its neck was brok-
en. There was venison at the Blair Memorial
hospital, Huntingdon, next day.
—William A. Locke, a son-in-law of James
Wolfenden, of Lamar, has a contract for clear-
ing 10,000 acres of timberland on Mount Mitch-
ell, near Biack Mountain, N. C. He recently se-
cured twenty-three Austrians at Pittsburgh to
help in the work.
—Trying to cross the Susquehanna in a row
boat at night at an open place near North Bend,
William Schroat, of Lock Haven, was thrown
into the water and his body carried under the
ice. A companion escaped. Mr. Schroat was45
years old and had been employed on a prop tim-
ber job.
—Two farmhands on the farm of Robert Moll,
near Mifflinburg, were chased up a tree by an
irate elk that had escaped from the Centre coun-
ty preserve and wandered miles from its woods
home. It was damaging apple trees, when the
farmhands attempted to drive it out of the orch-
ard, and the animal turned on them.
—Firein the grass, thought to have been start-
ed by a spark from an engine, would undoubted-
ly have destroyed the hotel at Ridgway park,
had not the proprietor arrived on the scene just
in time to put it out. He went to the park to
look after some repair work and found condi-
tions quite grave at the summer resort.
—James Sullivan, aged 20, a craneman at the
new Latrobe electric steel works, fell twenty feet
from his crane to the ground and by some mira-
cle landed on his feet, fell to the ground and
rolled over; then picked himself up unhurt. A
doctor was summoned and confirmed the young
man’s statement that he was not injured.
—Moans coming from the Susquehanna river
puzzled searchers for some time until the uncon-
scious form of a man was found at the foot of a
pier at Lock Haven. It was pulled to the bridge
‘by a rope and identified as Thomas O’Brien,
aged 63 years, who died later at his home, as a
result of the exposure. How he reached the
place where he was found is a mystery.
—E. B. Campbell, of Indiana, missing one of
seven fine Jersey cows for which he had paid
$1.000, traced the animal to Apollo, where it had
been taken by Paul King, who hired a livery rig
at Apollo to go after it. The cow, he said at first,
he had bought for $5, but later confessed the
theft. The animal was so exhausted from the
long journey and lack of food that it had to be
hauled home in a wagon.
—MTrs. Axelina Moberg, whose husband was
recently killed in the Brisbin Coal company’s
operations by coming in contact with an electric
wire, has instituted a suit against that corpora-
tion for $10,000 damages. She has also sued the
Penn Public Service company for a similar
amount for failing to have its wires properly in
sulated. These cases may come up at the May
term of the Clearfield court.
—This summer will in all probability see the
cutting of the last logs at the big mill of the Hall
and Kaul Lumber company, located in the east
end of St. Marys, and the passing into history of
the lumber business which has been the princi-
pal industry of that community for the last forty
years. The logs are now being brought out of
the Trout Run woods, and when this piece of
timber is flnished, together with a’ few small
holdings in that vicinity, the buzz of the saws
will cease.
—Near Madera, Clearfield connty, John Wilkin-
son is said to have gone to the school house
where the teacher, Miss Maude Pooley, had kept
his son in after school. The girl pluckily drove
him out and locked the door. He came back,
broke in the door and knocked the girl down,
tramping on her and bruising her in such a man-
ner that she was rendered unconscious and has
since been in a critical condition. Her screams
attracted a neighbor who grappled with the man
and later caused his arrest.
—Another murder, the second within two
weeks, has occurred near Latrobe. This one
was at an Italian boarding house. John Boria,
aged 36 years, was shot dead. The mistress of
the house, Mrs. Galdino, rushed outside, where
the shooting occurred and snatched a revolver
from Domenic Tessitore, aged 39, who is charged
with the crime. He broke from her grasp, but
was later caught and committed to jail. The
murder of the man found along the road ten days
ago still remains a mystery.
—John W. Johnson, aged fifty years, an engi-
neer on the Beech Creek road, residing on Spruce
street, Jersey Shore, was killed about 3.30 o’clock
Sunday afternoon. Mr. Johnson had made his
run to Clearfield and was on his way back with a
freight. When near Rock Run he put his head
out of the window to see if the injector was work-
ing right. He was struck by a ledge of rocks and
his skull crushed. The fireman cut the engine
and caboose from the train and with his engi-
neer in the caboose hurried to Jersey Shore, but
the man died on the way.
—A serious epidemic of small pox has develop-
‘ed at North East, a town of 2,000 inhabitants in
Erie county, and an investigation by Dr. J. W.
Wright, of the State Board of Health, shows
ninety cases of the dread disease. Fifty-five
houses were ordered under quarantine and the
vaccination of all the inhabitants of the township
/in which North Eastis situated began Monday.
The first case was reported two weeks ago. Lax-
ity in maintaining quarantine of the first cases
reported is blamed for the rapid spread of the
disease. Strict precautionary measures will be
enforced.
—A fall of 530 feet down the shaft of No.9
mine of the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke corpora-
tion, near Cresson, on Saturday, proved fatal to
Frank Rasko, a miner. He had just brought a
car load of coal from the depths of the mine and
had it partly shoved from the car to the tipple
when someone rang the bell, giving the engineer
to understand that he was ready for another
trip, As the engineer started the cage of coal
was tilted backward. Rasko clungto the vehicle
‘and both fell down the shaft, the coal lighting
fairly on top of the body of Rasko, which was
‘terribly mangled. It is not known who rang the
bell, but Coroner Fitzgerald will make an effort.
to learn the truth.