fi Bema Nica, Bellefonte, Pa., January 14, 1916. P- GRAY MEEK, -iw "TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.—Until further notice this paper will be furnished to subscribers at the following rates: EDITOR. Paid strictly in advance - $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 1.75 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 COMMITTED SUICIDE BY HANGING—Fos- ter Albright, a well known blacksmith of Millheim, committed suicide on Tuesday morning by hanging himself with a shawl strap inthe attic of his home. He had not been in good health for several months and despondency over his illness is given as the cause for his act. Albright lived with his sister, Miss Lydia Albright, who went to a neighbor’s house early Tuesday morning while her brother was yet in bed. She returned about 11.30 o’clock but failed to find him about the house. Going upstairs she noticed the attic door ajar and looking up she discovered his body dangling from the rafters. Her screams attracted the attention of neighbors who took the body down. Coroner John Sebring was com- municated with and he empowered jus- tice of the peace John F. Musser to view the body and issue a certificate of death according to the circumstances. Mr. Albright was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Albright and was 56 years, 2 months and 24 days old. His only sur- vivors are his sister Lydia and one broth- er, John Albright, of Philadelphia. The funeral will be held this (Friday) morn- ing. I I SIMPSON.—MTrs. Amelia Waddle Simp- son, a native of Centre county, died at her home at Hicksville, Ohio, on Mon- day afternoon, following ar. illness of one week with the grip. She was the eldest daughter of Benner and Rachael Moocre Waddle and was born at Waddle, in Pat- ton township, about eighty years ago. Most of her life since her marriage had been spent in Ohio. Surviving her are two daughters, Mrs. Lilly Petit, who made her home with her mother during the past two years, and Mrs. Glenn, of Emporium. She also leaves one sister, Mrs. Amanda Gray, of Tyrone, and the following half brothers and sisters: Mrs. Margery Meek, of Waddle, James Waddle, of Fillmore; William Wilson Waddle, of Bellefonte, and Philip B, of New Kensington. The funeral was held yesterday after- noon, burial being made at Hicksville. | | SHUEY.—Mrs. Maria Shuey, widow of the late Jonathan Shuey, died at her home near State College last Friday morning, after a brief illness with pneu- monia. Her maiden name was Maria Coble and she was born at Houserville eighty-six years ago. Her entire life was spent within a few miles of her birth- place, so that she was known by every- body in that community and highly re- spected. She was a member of the Evangelical church since early girlhood. Surviving her are two sons. Milton and George C., both on the home farm. She also leaves one sister. The funeral was held at ten o'clock on Monday morning. Rev. Foss had charge and burial was made in the Houserville cemetery. | | TRUCKENMILLER.— Mrs. Sarah Trucken- miller, widow of the late Zachariah Truck- enmiller, of Zion, died on Wednesday morning at the Bellefonte hospital after ten days illness with grip. She was a native of Philadelphia and was seventy- five years old last July. Surviving her are the following children: Edward, of Lock Haven; William, Mrs. Nellie New- man and Ernest, of the State of Washing- ton; Harvey, of Bellefonte; Mrs. D. C. Walk, of Watsontown; and Mrs. Calvin S. Garbrick, of Hecla, Burial will be made in the Zion cemetery tomorrow morning. LAMBERT.—Miss Ruth E. Lambert, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cal- vin Lambert, of Pleasant View, died at five o'clock on Monday morning of ode- ma of the lungs, following an illness of about two years. She was born on No- vember 10th, 1899, hence at her death was 16 years and 2 months old. Surviv- ing her are her parents, one sister, Miss Sue Lambert, and two brothers, Claire and Hardman. The funeral was held at ten o'clock yesterday morning, burial be- ing made in the Union cemetery. | | RUTHERFORD. — Richard Rutherford, treasurer of the Zanesville Clay and Brick company, at Zanesville, Ohio, and one of the most prominent men in that State, died on Monday after only a few days illnss with heart trouble. Mr. Rutherford, who is survived by his wife, five daughters and one son, is known in Centre county through Mrs. Rutherford who, prior to her marriage was Miss Regina Meese, the youngest sister of the late John Meese. All her early life was spent in and near Bellefonte. | l STOVER.— Mrs. Arabella Earon Stover, wife of Elias Stover, died at her home in Penn township last Friday, after an ill- ness of fourteen weeks with paralysis, aged 58%years, 9 months and 6 days. She is survived by her husband and the fol- lowing children: Irvin, of Mazeppa; Mrs. Bert Keen and Mrs. S. D. Orndorf, both of Penn township; Mrs. H. G. Miller’ and Clyde, of Centre Hall, and Harry, at home. Burial was made in the Reform- ed cemetery at Aaronsburg on Monday morning. Musser.—W. H. Musser, a well known | Viola tion of Constitutional in Coinage of | { resident of Bellefonte, and a Civil war veteran, died at seven o’clock on Sunday morning at the home of his son-in-law, John M. Bullock, on east Curtin street, of cerebral paresis. He had been in failing health the past two years and had been confined to bed seven weeks. William Henry Musser was a son of William and Catharine Hess Musser and was born near Pine Grove ‘Mills on August 20th, 1841, hence at his death was 74 years, 4 months and 20 days old- His boyhood life was spent on the farm but when a young man he learned the trade of a mill-wright. At the breaking out of the Civil war he enlisted on April 19th, 1861, in Company H, Seventh regi- ment, for the three month’s service. He was mustered out on July 29th. 1861, but re-enlisted on September 11th of the same year in Company E, 45th regiment and served throughout the war. On No- vember 25th, 1864, he was promoted to a sergeant and on May 1st, 1865, he was made first sergeant. During his service he took part in the battles of Falling Waters, South Mountain, Fredericksburg, the siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Camp- bell Station, the siege of Fort San- ders and Knoxville, and the capture of Petersburg and Richmond. He was wounded at South Mountain on Septem- ber 14th, 1862, but as soon as he recover- ed rejoined his company and regiment. Returning from the war he located in Milesburg and for a number of years he followed his occupation as a mill-wright. In 1894 he moved to Bellefonte and went into the life insurance business, which he followed until incapacitated by illness. In 1903 he was appointed justice of the peace for the North ward, Bellefonte, and was twice re-elected to the same office, serving all told between eleven and twelve years. Last fall he was compell- ed to resign on account of ill health and his son Horace was appointed to serve out the unexpired term. He was also tax collector for the borough of Milesburg during the past seven or eight years and had a record unexcelled in that capacity. Mr. Musser was a member of the Methodist church all his life and for a number of years officiated as treasurer of the Bellefonte church. He was a mem- ber of Gregg Post, No. 95, G. A. R, and had been quartermaster of the Post a number of years. He was also a charter member of the Centre county Veteran Club and had been secretary of the or- ganization for some years. He was a member of the Milesburg Lodge No. 410, L.O.O.F. On February 22nd, 1871, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Shiffer who survives with two children, Mrs. John M. Bullock and Horace M. Musser, both of Bellefonte. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Frank B. Stover, of Altoena; Brief funeral services were held at the Bullock home at eight o'clock on Tuesday evening by Rev. E. H. Yo- cum and on Wednesday morning the re- mains were taken to Pine Grove Mills where final services were held at the home of Dr. G. H. Woods, after which burial was made in the new cemetery. | WisE.—Mrs. Annetta Elizabeth Wise, wife of Joseph G. Wise, a mail collector at the Altoona postoffice, died at the Al- toona hospital last Friday morning, of peritonitis, following an operation per- formed on Wednesday. She was a daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Parker and was born at Spring Mills on January 30th, 1894, hence was less than twenty-two years old. She was a bride of less than two months, having been married to Mr. Wise only last Thanksgiving. In ad- dition to her husband sheis survived by her parents, four brothers and two sis- ters, all of whom live in Pennsvalley. Funeral services were held at her late home in Altoona at 9.30 o'clock on Sat- urday morning, after which the remains were taken to Centre Hall where inter- ment. was made. I I SHAY.—MTrs. Arabella Shay, widow of William Shay, died at the home of her daughter in Tyrone, last Thursday morn- ing, following an illness of some months with a complication of diseases. Her maiden name was Frantz and she was born at Port Matilda on November 14th, 1853. She was married to Mr. Shay on July 25, 1878, he dying in December, 1902. Surviving her are ten children and the following brothers and sisters: David Frantz, of Wilkinsburg; John, of Sandy Ridge; Mrs. Rachael Funk, of Tyrone, and Mrs. Lydia Kelley, of Port Matilda. The funeral was held on Saturday after- noon, burial being made in Grandview cemetery, Tyrone. | | WILSON.—Mrs. Martha A. Wilson, widow of Charles T. Wilson, died at her home in Altoona on Tuesday night, after a week’s illness with pneumonia. She was seventy-two years old and was born at Lamar, Clinton county, being a daugh- ter of Robert and Nancy Brown. She is survived by five children, a brother and two sisters. Mrs. Wilson was an aunt of Mrs. Harry Yeager, Mrs. J. D. Geisinger and Charles W. Tripple, of this place. The funeral will be held in Altoona to- morrow morning. | I DowNING.—Ira Sankey Downing, a native of Centre county and a brother of D. O. Downing, of Port Matilda, died re- cently in the state hospital at Little Rock, Ark., after an illness of some weeks. He was forty years old and a Spanish-Amer- ican war veteran. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, his mother, two sis- ters. Burial was made at Little Rock. ] wear, hosiery.—NEWMAN’s LADIES’ SHOP. Silver Etc. ! Evolution of Government and Trade that Sac- rifices Life. To United States Senate and House of Representatives. | The above etit in tone of any form is | refused publication in news papers, jour- | nals and job printing in so far known by me, that are interlocked for selfish in-! terest in political partisanship to bankers and labor packages and patronage from creeds that don’t want the public to | know the truth. Truth will eventually come on top and down restriction of knowledge as now in the trend of present darkness and cause of Revolution and war for the markets. Such has occurred in Mexico and Euro- pean wars combatant powers against China and other home rule of nations. Such as now Japan's unreasonable de- mand on China to enforce their fiscal policy such as levied on Korean their provinces. Melt up your silver and cop- per coins with such a chart you will note United States are accessories of crime. To wit: The violation by our Republic Constitutional Law on silver coinage such as, no State shall coin money, emit bills of credit, make anything but gold and silver coins a full tender in payment of debts. We have debased that power at a direct loss of fifty million dollars annually in precious metals of copper and silver. As you will note in compari- son figures below. U. S. Silver coin full tender, $355,600,000 limited $75,800,000. ) To 1913 debased to reduced tender $368,300,000 limited $173,800,000. U.S. less silver coin during above period $89,300, 000. Where hasitgone? Thistwin precious metal, by equity coinage more valuable than gold for stability of trade. The to- tal of the worlds reduction of silver coin in volume are $774,000,000. The worlds financial crime by stopping coinage silver dollar debt paying power, the first precedure of tramping down this | Republic Constitution whereon second term of the late President Thomas Jef- ferson by stopping coinage of silver dol- lar under the claim that the exported | silver dollar were greater in bullion | value than it could be replaced by new | coinage and during the period of thirty- | four years of stopping coinage dollars. | There was a reduction of silver bullion | values in year 1813 of 16} silver to one | of gold and during the whole period the | average was fifteen and three-fourths to | one of gold, there you will note the pre- | cedures where on today to increase state bank paper credit circulation of money | that paid them double interest one on collatteral bonds-they collect coupon in- | terest and obtain addional interest on paper currency such as now obtainable by National bank circulation and Federal banking system. Apparently the period named one hun- dred years ago this Republic was the only nation stopping coinage of silver dollars. Now a vast difference by many nations reducing value on silver bullion one-half though the worlds ratio weight of mine production of gold and silver are only nine to one of gold and we have on our silver dollars “In God We Trust” sixteen to one that clearly shows our constitu-! tion is righteousness that cannot be changed only by votes of state. In fed- eration of Unionism of let the truth be known which in the endeavors of a British Americans days wage worker of thirty-five years of his obligations to the Republic and has cost hundreds of. dol- lars. The latest sent to every law maker of our State and our National law makers in last session—the following is a subject in circular letter: THE WOEFUL DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC. Internal War Tax on Feeble and De- pendent. Government Collecting Rev- enue on Porter. Beer made out of any- thing, governments granting Free Trade on Imported Labor Packages not to be included in Statistical Values of We To Pay. Civic Humiliation Deprived of Commercial Chart Credit Debtor, Hence Decline of American Merchant Marine, Wars for Markets Caused by Edicts stop Coinage of Silver and Melt Up “In God We Trust,” Less worlds silver coin in seventeen years $774,000,000 decline of ratio weight of silver and gold mined now 9 to 1 gold. Silver coin more val- uable than gold by silver equity coinage. JAMES WOLFENDEN. Dec. 12, 1915, Lamar, Pa. ——Don’t overlook the fact that this (Friday) evening is the time for that big home talent entertainment as a benefit for the]Old Home Week fund. A won- derful program has been prepared and there is a real surprise in store for all who attend. Daggett’s minstrels as the first part of the entertainment promise to eclipse anything of the kind ever held in Bellefonte. And these are only a small part of the program. In fact, the whole show will have to be seen to b properly appreciated. ——On Friday of last week Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bierley, of Parvin, cele- brated their golden wedding with a fam- ily reunion and big dinner. Their five children were present, including the fol- lowing from Centre county: Irvin Bierley, wife and two children, of Bellefonte; Rufus Bierley, wife and three children, of Jacksonville; Mrs. E. L. Markle, with her husband and son, of Hublersburg. Mrs. Daniel Showalter, of Bellefonte, was also a guest. —Included in this great reduction sale are all our great line of gloves, neck- 61-2-1t | P. M,, when we were just outside of | oped. , ous. he reachefl Chihuahua City. ee How Mexicans Slew a Score. 1 | | | ! Americans Were Taken Off Train, | Lined Up Along Railroad, Disr.bed | and Shot by Villa Bandits. Thcmas B. Holmes, the only cne| of the party to escape massacre near| Chihuahua City, Mexico, when nine- | teen or twenty mining men, mosily Americans, were stripped and shot by bands of Villistas on January 10, ar-| r.ved in El Paso, Tex. with a more! ccmplete story of the killing. He said the train was halted at two P. M., by a band of bandits, which he estimated at about two hundred. ! After the Americans were taken off | and lined up alongside the track they! were ordered to disrobe. Realizing | what. was about to occur, he said he | made a break for liberty, with C. R.| Watson, Tom Evans and R. R. Ma- chatton, of the party. ! They were pursued by about fifteen | bandits, who shot all his companions, | but missed Holmes. He said he ran about three miles, ! when, noticing he was no longer pur-| sued, he stopped, exhausted. Some] 1anchmen came to his assistance and | lent him a mule on which he reached | Chihuahua City. | | Hclmes said Watson's head was | blown off and that after the bodies; were brought to Chihuahua City it was | found they had been riddled with bul-; lets and otherwise mutilated. : Holmes said he did not know who | led the bandits. : Holmes repcried further details to state department officials, as follows: : “The train left Chihuahua City at eleven o’clock, he said. “About two Santa Yeabel, the train stopped and a shout from the right of way came to us: “ ‘All Gringces get off here. “Tom Evans, nearest to the door of the coach, dropped his magazine and! went to the door, out on the platform and down the steps. I heard a sho:. Watson, who was behind Evans, rush- ed to the door to see what had devel- I was right behind him. Wat-; son caught sight of the bandits and swung to the right of way and ran alongside the car. I saw him fall un- der a volley of bullets. “I started down the steps. Some one pushed me from behind. I fell on my face. A volley of shots went over my head. I fell into a heap of brush on the right side of way and stayed there trying to gather my wits. Mean- whiie there was firing going on all around me, some bullets tearing through the brush where I was lying. “I managed to crawl on my stomach in the brush for some little distan-e unobserved and then I got to my ‘ee and ran toward Chihuahva City. Back | at the train the shooting was continu- | By and by I came to a ranch! house, where they gave me a mule and | I reached Chihuahua City.” E. Ben Ottestad, who arrived with ' Holmes, said he had met him wh-n “Holmes was badly scared,” he said, “and feared to enter the city at first. He had an old blanket over his shoul- ders and no hat. He thought the ban- dits were laying for Watson particu- larly. i “When the bodies reached the capi- | tal it was noted that each had been shot through the forehead. “All Americans in Chihuahua were prepared to come to the border when I left because it was uncertain whether the garrison was for or against Car- ranza.” Reports from Chihuahva said nine- teen bodies would come to the bor- der. At the same time the names of Thomas Johnson, address unknown, and Joe Enders, of Hayden, Ariz., a millwright, were added to the list. CONGRESS FOR INTERVENTION Storm of Indignation Over Murder of Americans in Mexico. Developments followed quickly upon the news that sixteen or more Ameri- cans and two other persons were kill- ed by bandits, reputed to be former soldiers of General Vilia, near Car Ysabel, in Chihuahua, Mexico, Mon- day. As soon as assured by official des patches that the news reports were correct, Secretary cf State Lansing sent a telegram to General Carranza, as head of the de facto government in Mexico, demanding prompt punish- ment of the men who dragged their victims from a train and shot them. The despatch said the murdered men were traveling under safe con- ducts issued by military commanders of the Carranza government, and that they apparently were slain solely bs- cause they were Americans. It went by telegraph to American Consul Sil- liman at Queretaro. y ‘When the senate convened, Senator Sherman, Republican, of Illinois, in- troduced a resolution proposing inter- vention in Mexico by the United States and the six Pan-American na- tions which have acted with it in Mex- ican affairs, unless General Carranza complies with the demand to protect the lives and property of foreigners in the republic. : Physician Killed as He Leaves Mother. Dr. James S. Spangler, a Hunting- don county physician, was killed by a Pennsylvania railroad train at Map!le- ton, near Harrisburg, Pa. as he was crossing the tracks frcm the home of his aged mother, who is critically ill. Dr. Spangler was fifty-five years old. Sleeper Killed by Fall. Falling asleep on top of the cast house at the Crane Iron works, Cata- sauqua, Joseph Sabul fell from the building and was instantly killed. ! German submarines | ders to OFFERS TO PAY INDEMNITY! Kaiser Also Gives Assurances U-Boats in Mediterranean Will Not Attack Ships - Without Safeguarding Non- Combatants. Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador presented to Secretary of State Lansing a proposal to pay in- demnity for Americans lost in tae Lusitania disaster, and thereby end that controversy. He also gave assurances that any in the Mediter- ranean would not attack non-combat- ant ships of any character without | warning, or destroy them without op- portunity tor non-combatants to reach a place ol salely. While ofierins to pay indemnity in the Lusitania case, Germany makes the reservation that it is done without admission of wrong-doing. No official indication was given as to the accep- tability cf the proposal, bu‘ one sat of American officials took the view that it would end this confroversy. The assurances regarding submarine i warfare in the Mediterranean are of brcader scope than those given after the Arabic disaster, which covered toe warfare in the North sea. The latte~ guaranteed only the safety of liners. Those for the Mediterranean cover all non-combatant ships. Count von Bernstorff left a memo- randum with the state department, which read: “German submarines in the Medi- terranean from the beginning had or- conduct cruiser warfare against enemy merchant vessels cnly in accordance with general principles of international law and in particular measures of reprisal, as applied in the war zone around the British Isles, were to be excluded. “German submarines are therefore permitted to destroy enemy merchant vessels in the Mediterranean, i. e., passenger as well as freight ships, as far as they do not try to escape or offer resistance, only after passengers and crews have been accorded safety. “All cases of destruction of enemy merchant ships in the Mediterranean in which German submarines are con- cerned are made the subject of official investigaticn, and besides submittel to regular prize court proceedings. Insofar as American interests are con- cerned the German government will communicate the results to the Ameri: can government, thus also in the Per: sia case, if the circumstances should call for it. “If commanders of German subma- rines should not have cbeyed the or ders given to them they will be pun ished; furthermore, the German gov ernment will make reparation for dam- age caused by death of or injuries to | American citizens.” The communication was not signed Mr. Lansing made no announcement of the Lusitania proposals, s2ying the subject still was confidential. The | Frye note dealing with the small boa question will be made public later. The majcrity of members in the . cabinet of President Wilson are rep-e- sented, however, as believing that the time has come to make certain no fur ther attacks will be made upon mer- chant ships carrying Americans, ac- cording to expression of opinion just before the cabinet met, Leaders of tlie administration are said to feel that continued loss of American lives will lead the United States into hostilities. Molten Metal Burns Eight. A wave of molten steel from an overturned ladle in the steed plant of the Phoenix Iron company, at Phoe- nixville, Pa., swept through a group of workmen and terribly burned eight of them as they ran. The accident is the most serious that has occurred in the big iron mills in ten years and the burns received by some of the injured men are ex- pected to prove fatal. All are in the Phoenixville hospital. The injured are: Francis MecCellen, John Stazia, John Oleorsky, Harry Sheetz, Abram Oswald, James Sparna, George Arch and John Ustophe. Several other workmen were burn- ed but were not taken to the hospital. The dropping of the big ladle con taining more than fifty tons of the flowing metal occurred while the ladle was suspended in the air preparatory to being emptied into molds. The heavy cable on which the ladle hung snapped with a loud report and its load dropped and overturned. Men near the overturned ladle es- caped its molten contents, but work- men many yards away were overtaken by the fiery mass. Many of the injur ed were working out of sight of the furnace when its contents, without warning, came through the floor upon them. Father and Son Killed by Dynamite. Andrew Conlson, aged forty-nine years, and his son, Anthony Conl- son, aged twenty-three years, both of Mahanoy City, were blown to atoms when twenty-five pounds of dynamite which one of them was carrying exploded. The widow and eleven children of the el- der Conlson survive, and the widow of Anthony Conlson, who became a bride on Thanksgiving day, survives her husband. Shot at Hawk, Wounded Daughter. Getting in range of her father’s gun, Florence, the eleven-year-old daughter of Harvey E. Krebs, near Williamsport, Md., was acci- dentally shot in the face and serious ly wounded when Krebs, after calling to her to get out of range, fired at a checken hawk. The load hit a stone fence, and was deflected and part of it entered the girl’s face, two shot piercing her eyelids. Freshman Killed in Bowl Fight. William Lifson, of Elizabeth, N. J., is Suffocated Under Mass of Strug- gling Men. William Lifson, seventeen years old, of Elizabeth, N. J., a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, was Kkill- ed in the annual freshman-sophomcre bowl fight, held on the lawn of the Commercial Museum, in Philadelphia. A number of other students were injured, three of whom are still in the hospital. Lifson was found at the bottom of the heap of several struggling students when the second half of the bowl fight ended. He had literally been crushed to death. Lifson was carried from the field by four of his friends, a passing motor truck was pressed in- to service and he was rushed to the University hospital. The doctors worked desperately to revive him, using the pulmotor, injec- tions of strychrine and other strong stimulants but without success. It is believed that life was extinct before he was extricated from the mass of fighting students. There were no marks on the body and he was evi- dently suffocated. As soon as he heard of the tragedy, Captain. of Detectives Cameron sent about fifteen members of the murder squad to the university with instruc: tions to make a thorough investiga- tion. The coroner also sent his de- tectives to the scene to aid the inves- tigation. It was finally decided not to arrest any of the students engaged in the contest. A number of them will be subpoenaed to appear at the coroner’s inquest, however. Both the coroner’s detectives and Detective Callahan are satisfied that Lifson’s death was en- tirely accidental. Provost Smith will call on the coroner and explain how Tifson was kiiled. The bowl fight, the last of the five interclass contests between the fresh- men and the sophomores, is divided in- to two halves, each of ten minutes’ duration. During the first half the freshmen try to push their bowl man through the ranks of the sophomores and over a given line, while the sopho- mores strive to catch the bowl man and seat him in the wooden bowl. In the second half the two classes form around the bowl, which is guard- ed by twelve stalwart sophomores. At a given signal there is a free fight, with every student fighting to reach the bowl and get his hands on it, for the class wins which has most hands on it at the ~nd cf the per.cd. "I... se who reach the bowl! first are a'ways knocked down and others pile on top of them. Lifson was evidently caught at the bottom in such a way that he could not breathe and he was suffo- cated. Provost Edgar F. Smith, of the uni- versity, was shocked beyond measure when informed bv the hospital author- ities of Lifs n’s deat), but said he had not yet decidel what action to take, but that in view of the fatality, the bowl fight should be abolished. $80,000,000 COAL MERGER Governor Approves Combination of Pittsburgh and Monongahela Co.s. The papers in the largest mer- ger ever recorded at Harrisburg were approved by Governor Brum- baugh when the Pittsburgh Coal company and the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke company combined under the name of the Pittsburgh Coal Company of Pittsburgh, with a capital of $80, 000,000, equally divided between com- mon and preferred stock. W. K. Field, Columbus, is president, and M. H. Taylor, Erie, chairman of the board. The directorate includes George T. Oliver, William Flinn, Pitts- burgh; F. M. Wallace, Erie; J. A. Don- aldson, Emsworth. Master Dead, Dog Returns. Elias Leibig, fifty-six years old, a married man, who resided at the foot of the South mountains, near Leba- non, Pa. was found dead eon the mountain side. Accompanied by his dog, he had started in search of game, and was overcome by heart failure. The discovery of the body was made after Leibig’s dog had returned with- out him. Jit Operator Fails, Wife Kills Self. Mrs. Abraham Roth, twenty-two years old, of East Bangor, Pa, took poison and died after brood- ing over her Thusband’s financial troubles. He had operated a jitney line between Bangor and East Bangor. It was unsuccessful and he mortgaged his home. The couple had two chil dren, two and four years old. Willard Matched to Meet Moran. Jess Willard, world’s heavyweight champion, and Frank Moran were matched to meet in New York for a purse of $45,000 at a date to be de- termined upon later. Huerta in a Dying Condition. General Victoriano Huerta, ' former dictator of Mexico, lapsed into a state of coma any physicians in El Paso, Texas, fear that he may not recover. British Battleship Sunk. The British battleship King Edward VII has been sunk after striking a mine. The entire crew was saved. The eight British battleships of the King Edward class are of 16,350 tons each and carry a complement of about 775 officers and crew. The King Ed- ward was completed in March, 1905, at a cost exceeding $5,000,000. She had a speed of nearly twenty knots and was 453 feet long, 78 feet beam and 2634 feet draft. She carried four 12- inch guns, four 9.2-inch and ten 6- inch and 18-inch torpedo tubes.
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