VOL.LXIYV.
THE CENTRE REPORTER
FRED KURTZ, - - EDITOR
The fish one catches in a dream are
always much larger than those caught
otherwise,
IS
We won't keep lent this year because
the fellow who borrowed a large satchel
from us last year has not yet retarned it;
SET,
The farmer has the heavy end of taxa-
tion. What wil! the legislature do?
Gov. Pattison ie there to sign any bill
that will relieve the agricultural class,
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There are several tax bills before the
present legislature ard if our law makers
don’t do something that will lessen the
burden hanging upon the farming class
the people will want to know why,
BO ——
“Thou shalt not steal,” —thisis the 7th
commandment, which Fiedler violated
in his $400 blanks scheme. Guess he
never learned the 10 commandments as
he also continually violates the 8th com
mandment
ISS AO.
The masses of the people of this state
—the tax payers and the
farm and inthe workshops demand re-
lief of some sort from the burdens of uns
Just taxation, Will our legislators heed
the cry of the people ?
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toi'lers npon
The presidential perfereuces of the
Democrats of 27 State legislatures has
been ascertained by the New York
Herald correspondents and the footings
stand: Cleveland, 1,615; Hill, 199; scat
tering, 276. The New York legislature
was reported 31 for Hill, 2 for Cleveland
and 47 doubtful. Governor Hill bosses
that institution,
Not many years ago an eminent
scientist declared that it was useless to
look for coal in Califoroia, as the geologi,
cal formations gave no hope of coal. But
since then the coal~searching Califorai-
ans have discovered seams, and a few
weeks ago the largest of them all, So
California will now grow her own coal
as well as her own fruit.
We have just read the fall ww, ena
tor Meek’s bill taxing unpalturslized
foreigners 25 cents per month, and do
pot believe it will pass either hoose, as
we thiok it is in conflict with both the
state and federal constitutions. The fa
mous alien law under John Adams gave
the Democratic party, ia its condemna-
tion of it, great popularity and they used
it with wonderful effect against the Fed-
eralists for 30 years after.
Is the telephone free? A big suit to
at once break down the Bell Telephone
monopoly will be begua in the Uniled
States courts in a few days aud will be
directed by a widely known patent law
yer of Philad. It is claimed that the
patent involving the main principle of
the Bell telephone expired by limitation
on Dec. 9, and it is now possible for oth-
er systems to enter and occapy the field.
Patent Lawyer George Harding, one of
the highest authorities in America, said
that it is a fact, as the Koglish patent ran
out in December, the American patents,
under an act of Congress, also ran out at
the same time, and the patents ars now
public property. There is no doabtabout
this be said.
ASO,
At the court at Meadville, last week,
Delawater's trial was pat off,
Three bills of indictment were retarn-
ed against the ex-bankers and two in
dictments include the names of G. B , G.
W.end T, A. Delamater. Ope case the
ex-County Commissioners are prosecu~
tors and in another G, W. Witter, a des
positor, is prosecutor. The latter is also
prosecutor in a case against Victor M.
Delamater, the cashier of the bank, All
the indictments are for embezzlement,
under the act of Assembly of 1886, which
makes it a criminal offense to accept
money on deposit when officials know
their bank is insolvent.
An application was made for a con
tinaance of all the cases till next term.
The McKinley bill papers do some
laughable squirming in their frantie at
tempts to Show that oppressively high
tariff measure is beneficial to the farmers
Of course they can’t show any such thing
as Blaine told them when he declared
that the bill would pot open a market
wheat, The laws of supply and demand
are solely what give the farmer a chance
to sell his products, and the McKin-
ley bill cannot possibly increase or de-
crease his sale, But it can and does in.
flict upon him a burdensome and anwar.
ranted taxation, that takes not only the
money his farm proceeds bring him, but
compels him to mordipeigehic Property
and get into debt,
The fair-minded farmer has come to
the conclusion that the McKinley bill is
an aid only to great corporations and
greedy and powerful monopolists.
K CE
ATTEMPT TO ROB.
Tue
Prax FrusreateEp To SwiNDLE
THE County Our or $200,
Fiedler's Little Game To Swindle The
Voters -—He Stands A Self-Confessed
Thief,
The facts of the game to rob thelreasury
of Centre county out of $200 are now in,
and ald further infamy to the manner in
which the county was fleeced uoder th
Henderson-Fiedler regime and the sure
plus spent. With the outgoing of the
late board of commissioners, another
grab was hatched by Fiedler, with the
aid of Henderson, by which the infas
mous (Fazetle was to farther increase the
deficiency to the amount of $200 thro a
trick to have blavks priated several years
abead at a robbing price as the thing
now reveals itself and thereby in an uao-
heard of scheme of meanness to head off
the Democratic papers from getting any
printing for 3 years.
Fiedler's plunder scheme was to
carried out just at the last moment be-
fore Henderson ceased to be commission-
er. Henderson agreed to have Fiedler
print the blanks for $400: to this Hen~
dersoun did not have the consent of the
board, but that did not matter, it was
the last chance fora pull and Fiedler
was anscrapulous and desperate for the
steal, and the two, when the plan was
nicely laid for the steal, tbought then to
coax, cajole, buy, or threaten John Deck-
er into acquiescence, but he manfally
put his foot down on it as heavy as the
Seven Mountains,
Henderson snd Fiedler went on then
on their own hook in the steal and had
the blanks ordered for which Fiedler
was to get $400,
The blanks for which Fiedler was to
get $400 came on,
The blanks for which Fiedler was to
make a last pull on the tax payers for
$400 were sent by Fiedler to the com-
missioners’ office.
When the blanks, for which Fiedler
hoped to make his last steal of $400
were laid upon the commissioners’ table
John Decker only was in; says Decker:
What's that?
Its them blanks said Fiedler's man,
Oat with them at once, said commis
sioner Decker, robbiog must stop, Out
with them! And “them blanks” for
which Fiedler with Henderson had
plotted to make his last haul of $400
went out—were kicked out, by the Ea.
than Allen determination of John Deck
er, and the county escaped a further
plunder of the tax payers, by Fiedler of
$400.
be
Now see Low the steal of $400 proved
itself,
Then Fiedler, who had hoped to make
the steal gf $400 in so disreputable a
manner thought to entrap the new board
to get his steal of $400 for “them blanks.”
He tried to fix Strohm, and have
Strohm fix Goodhart to get the $400 boo-
dls off the tax-payers,
But Fiedler did not get the thing fixed
to steal that $400, and the blanks could
not pass the Democratic commissioners
with a steal of $400 in them.
Fiedler got very sick then, because he
dida’t get the $400. His belly was out of
order, his gills pale like those of a spoiled
sucker, and he smelled like a spoiled
mackerel because he could not get “them
blacks” thro for $400,
Now see.
Fiedler then tried to have the blanks
taken at a reduction, proving he had
overcharged,
He came down, came down, until he
agreed to take $200 for what he attempt
ed to fleece the tax-payers out of $400 in
the first place.
The selfoonfessed plunderer!
A responsible house in Pittsburg tele
graphed and by mail sent its offer to our
commissioners to furnish the same
blanks, guaranteed to be on hand in
time, for $200, for which the same Fied
ler of the vile, lying, stealing Gazette
tried to get $400 outof our taxepayers!
besides in a mean, sneaking manner
plotting to shut oat other printing offices
from getting a chance to earn an hon est
dollar for three years, Now then:
LESSON TAUGHT,
It Fiedler tried to get $400 for “them
blanks,” and subsequently agreed to
take $250, is be a self-confessed thief?
If he tried to filch from the county
$400, for “them blanks” which a respons
sible Pitisbarg house offered to farnish
for $200 does that not proye his endeay~
or to thieve the tax-payers ?
He has been caught, S
While the prices for the farmer's grain
have gone down; the value of his acres
has dropped down 00 per cent; his horse
os have gone down in value 30 per cent,
the taxes he has to pay have gone up.
Tariffs have been heaped upon all he
buys to carry on farming or clothe him-
self and family; direct taxes added for
road, school, poor and state
swell the wrong, Here is the fifst and
most important wrong that needs a cors
rection. This demand is simple justice
- o-oo.
sod it comes nob from Centre county
alone, but from all over the state,
The Election,
The elections passed off very quietly
on Tuesday, and a rather large vote was
polled considering the unpropitions
weather. A great deal of cuotting was
done in the boro, but the Democratic
ticket was elected by good majorities,
The Republicans bad placed a ticket in
the field but had indorsed several of the
Democratic nominations. \
y CENTRE HALL,
The following boro officers were elect
ed on Tueeday: Chief Burgess, John
Riter; Assistant Burgess, Wes White-
man; Town Council, R. D. Foreman, J.
T. Lee, Harry Dioges; School Directors,
A. 8. Kerlig, Dr. Jacobs; Tax Collector,
WR rt, Judge of Election, Wm.
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Quay's Denial,
On Tuesday in the senate, Mr, Quay
made a denial of the charges against
him.
It was a most remarkable scene in the
senate—a representative of a great Blate
in the highest branch of the national
congress and the national chairman ofa
great party rising to deny that he is an
embezzler, but failing to ask for an in-
vestigation, although the chagges against
him are specifi and have been made in
hundreds of respectable newspapers and
in public speeches by responsible men.
If Qoay were in the house it is likely
that some fearless Democrat would not
be content to let his general denial go
unchallenged, but would ask him
some questions calculated to make his
Camp; Inspector, John Daaberman, Jr;
Overseer of Poor, J. 8. Row ©, one year,
H. G. Strohmeier, two years; Treasurer
H. W. Kreamer: High Constable,
auditor, David K. Geiss.
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PENN TOWNSHIP,
Stover, J. W. Moyer; Overseer of Poor, |
J. OC. Snook: Behool Directors, Jacob)
Kersteler, Fred Auman: Sapervisors, J,
D. Keen, John Long; Collector, W. F.|
Swith; Auditor, A, P. Zerby; Town Clerk, |
A. K. Alexander, i
POTTER TOWNSHIP,
North Precinct—Jadge of Election, J.
L. Nefl; Inspector, J. F, Potter: South
Precinct, Judge of election, W. A, Kerr:
Inspector, John B. Fortney; School di-
rectors, W. M. Grove, M. J, Decker: Su.
pervisors, Samuel Bruss, J. A. Bweet-
wood; Overseer of Poor, 8, B, Spangler;
Tax Collector, Jacob Smith: Auditor, B.
A. Arney; Town Clerk, Joseph M. Gillis
land,
MILES TOWNSHIP.
Judge, John F. Waite; Inspectors, J, B.
Hazel, 8, Brumgard: Tax Collector, C
Btover; School Directors, Wm. Krea mer,
John West; Supervisors, B., W. Royer, |
Wesley Soyder; Auditor, J. W. Bright; |
Overseer, J. C. Hosterman; Clerk, T. B, |
Frank,
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MILLHEIM |
Bargess, J. B. Hosterman, asst. bar. !
gees, H, W. Bollinger; Council, Cyrus
Brumgard, G. Frank, W. R. Weiser:|
School ‘Directors, W. K Alexander, R.A .|
Bomeller; Overseer, H. H. Weiser: Tax |
Collector, Jacob Eisentuth: Judge, F.|
Kister; Lospectors, F. P, Masser, J, H.|
Deibler; Aaditor, W, A. Tobias. High |
Coostable, W. H. Reifsuyder; Jastice of|
the Peace, J. H. Reifsnyder. |
HARRIS }
TOWNSHIS
Judge William Hess: Iaspectors, c.|
Durst, John Musser; Justice of Peace, |
Furgus Pout er; Collector, D. F. Weiland:
School Directors, M. Hess: W. A. Murray |
Overseer, A. H. Hosterman; Supervisars:|
George gwabb, W. M. Meyer: Auditors,
P.H. Meyer, A. B, Kimport; Clerk,
Frank Swabb,
Bellefonte went RepuBlican—the
Dutch have taken Holland by the skin
of their teeth.
Ceatre Hall went Democratic by a big
majority.
I A AI
How a Religious Enthusiast died by His
Own Hands,
Elias Fagely, a well-to-do farmer of
Northumberland county, has been one of
the most active movers in religious
meetings that were held in his section.
Ol! late he has been almost constantly
passing the time in reading the Bible
and dilating on religion with his friends
aod neighbors, On Sanday Mr. Fagely
attended services morning, noon and
night, and when he retired he took a
Bible with him,
Oa Monday morning he was found in
his bed with his throat cut from ear to
ear in a pool of his own blood which
was still warm, indicating that the deed
committed some time between the hours
of 6 and 8 o'clock this morning.
Mr. Fagely held in his left band with
a vicelike grip a Bible, and in the right
was the razor besmeared with his own
blood,
The dead man was about 55 years of
age. His business affairs are all in a
flourishing condition, and no cause is
assigaed for the act by his family.
titi iloem—
A Correction.
Oax Hawi Srarion, Fs, 18, 1801,
Hon. Fred, Kurtz
I am very much indisposed, from a
complication sf diseases, have not been
out of the house for ten days. You
made mention in the Reronren of my
voting for Porter in 1835, a mistake, it
was George Wolf, my next two votes
were for Porter, my first vote was in
1834, election was held at Earlystown,
in a kotel kept by Walter Longwell; I
voted for Doctor H n for congress
and John Hasson for bly; 1 have
never missed voting for President or Gov.
ernor; only voted the one time in my
native township, Potter, which then ex-
tended from east of Spring Mills to with.
in 10 rods of my farm where I am now
living. Truly Yours,
Bamugr GriuiLaxy,
vindication more complete if he is ins
is guilty. But the courtesy of the senate
and the time<honored usages of the body
will prevent anything of this sort,
The spectacle of a young woman worth
$7,000,000 in her own right makiog a
vow of “poverty, chastity and obedience”
in order to devote her life to the service
of the Indians and the colored race, is
think twice before it either dismisses her
from its mind as merely a pious en-
thusiast or sneers at her as a victim of
priestcraft, For evidently Miss Cather.
ine Drexel, now Sister Mary Cather
ine of the new Order of the Holy Bacra.
ment, is neither. No two more serious
problems confront this nation than its
duty to the dark men of the Souath and
the red men of the West, and no more
urgent need exists than that the spirit
of Christianity reaching down a helping
band to lift them up, succeed the spirit
of force, mardering them and defrand.
ing them of their rights. Catherine
Drexel is worthy to rank with Cornelia
with Joan of Arc and with Charlotte
Corday as one of the patriot woman im.
mortals of the world, as well as with
thousands of unknown saiotly women
who like the poor widow in the gospel
give all that they have.
Special Announcement.
We have made arrangements with Dr
B. J, Kendall Co., publishers of “A Trea
ties on the Home and his Disease’
which will enable all our subscribers to
obtain a copy of that valuable work Jree
by sendiog their address (enclosing s two.
cent stamp for mailing same) to De. B
J. Kexpary Co., Exvossrnon Faiis, Vr
This book is now recognized as standard
authority upon all diseases of the borse,
a8 its phenomenal sale attests, over four
million cupies haying been sold in the
past ten years, a sale never before reach.
ed by any publication in the same period
of time. We feel confidert that our
patrons will appreciate the work and be
glad to avail themselves of this opportu
nity of obtaining a valuable book.
It is necessary that you mention this
paper in sending for the “Treatise’
This offer will remain open for only a
short time,
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Marriage Licenses.
Following is the list of fgarriage li-
censes issued during the past week from
the register's office, Bellefonte:
J. E. Harter and Jennie V. Hosters
man, both of Coburn.
Harry Wise and Laura H, Erb, both
of Woodward,
M. E. Grove and 8. Jennie Pecht, both
of Mifflin county.
John T. Holt and Winona Bomgardner
both of Julian,
Roland Richards of Julian, and Gertie
Williams, of Martha,
Alex Mclowell, jr, and Sarah J. Craw-
ford, both of Snow Shoe.
Joseph E, Wallace and Mary A. Davi-
son, both of Munson,
Deputy Sheriff,
Mr. J. B. Crawford, of Spring Mills, fa.
vored our sanctam with a call. Mr,
Crawford has been appointed deputy by
Sherifl Ishler, for which position he is
well qualified and is, also, in every sense
of the word, a gentleman. Sheriff Ish
ler is to be congratuiated upon his selec.
tion, as we know that Mr. Crawford will
prove an efficient and popular deputy,
The “Doster” had a Start,
A Lycoming county paper says: “A
farmer near Jersey Shore had been sick
with pneumonia. A traveling doctor
came along and pat him in a bath of ices
water to cure him. He died in twelve
minutes, but the doctor was two miles
ahead of the crowd at last reports and
still going strong and steady.”
List of Unclaimed Letters,
The following is a list of unclaimed
letters in the Cantre Hall post office:
F.P, Gerhard, Miss Rossella Meyers,
Miss Ida Smalls, Wm. E Shaffer, T,
Benton Ulrich, Wm. W. Young.
AM IG MS A
~—=(iive Lowins, Bellefonte,
der for a suit, He bas one of the
experienced cutters to behad. A
D. B. Baisnix, Post Master,
TY AI MN
The Floods
Altoona, Feb. 17 —Although this city
has escaped there has been considerable
damage done by the high water, both
east and west, At Tyrone the Juniata
has a fifteen foot flood and the houses in
the western part of the town sre sur
rounded with water, with many half
submerged. At Tipton, ten miles east, a
foot of water is ranning over the Penn-
sylvania railroad tracks.
West Newton, Pa, Feb. 17—The
Youghiogheny river at 1 o'clock this
afternoon has reached the highest point
since August, 1884: One track of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad is passable,
but the other is buried under twenty-five
feet of water in places,
All railroad traffic has been suspended
at Washington, Pa., since the bridges
are not considered safe, and at Tem.
peranceville, a suburb of this city, the
Chartisre creek covers half the town and
is spreading, Hundreds are homeless
and sinoe all the trains are tied up they
can only seek the higher ground and
take with them what few belongings
they can carry in their hands.
Huntingdon, Pa, Feb, 17—~Thirtysix
hours of constant rain has caused a rise
in the Juniata river to eleven feet above
low water mark, submerging all the out
lying farming districts to the south and
destroying all the fences and other mov
able property within reazh.
JOHNSTOWN UNDER WATER
Johnstown, Pa., Feb. 16—The Cone~
maugh river is six feet higher than any
previous time this spring. On many of
the streets people are leaving their
homes in boats, and public business of
all kinds is stopped. Reports from
Bouth Fork say the river is higher than
since the flood,
vale bridges over the Conemaugh at this
place have been washed away and utter.
ly destroyed. The permanent iron
bridge at Walnut street and the Came
bria Iron Company's raiiroad bridge
have also been swept away. This leaves
the entire city with only the permanent
iron bridge to Kernville.
Al 6 o'elock this evening all the lower
parts of the city inundated, and the
water is still rio rapidly. On the
Southside, aud in Cambria, hundreds of
houses are flooded and people are getting
out in boats,
The Penusylvania railroad has estab-
lished a station at Washington street,
and a rumor bas just become gurrent
that a large log boom up Stony creek is
about breaking. This report has caused
the most intense alarm, and people are
fleeing to the high grounds. It is said
the water at the large boom on Shady
creek is higher than it was in 1887 when
it broke, There are 4,000,000 feet of loge
in this boom, It is said if it breaks it
will surely carry away the boom at
Fouseville and in thst event very ser-
ious consequences will result in Johns
town.
At 9 o'clock the water is running over
most of the principal streets, and still ris
ing. The Millvale schoolhouse is under
water, and a number of houses in that
section have floated from their founda-
tious, The engine and hose house of
the Thirteenth ward have been carried
down.
The streets in this section, as well as
throughout Cambria, have been desert
ed [and the people have left their homes.
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The editor of the Philadelphia Times
has compiled a table showing the official
vote cast by all the States last Novem-
ber. The Democrats carried 29 of the
44 and the Republicans 15. The major-
ity for the former was 1,019,610 and for
the latter 100,531. Behold the majority
919079. Here we have nearly a million
majority for the Democrats. Buch a
public condemnation was never before
administered to a party anywhere. The
chastisement was not locally administer
ed, but was broadly spread oat from
Portland Maine, to Portland, Oregon, and
from the St. Lawrence to the Rio Grande
and its meaning cannot be misunder-
stood—“thou has been weighed in a bal-
ance and found wanting.” A codicil has
been added to the foregoing will of the
people— Eight Republican United States
Senators are on a strike, and if the Hoar
Reed managers do not change their
tactics, by the meeting of the next Cons
grees, a half dozen more will follow suit,
The Pension Bill as passed the Senate
than five or six millions, but
perience warrants the belief that it
be more than double this, It is to
Additional Locals,
~The rain has ceased since Wednes-
day morning,
~——Mrs. Martin Stover, of Haines,
died a few days ago, aged about 75 years,
~——Da not fail to read notice and ad
vertisemesnt of Bimon Loeb in this week's
issue,
~=J. D. Long, of Spring Mills, was
given a surprise party on 12, his birthe
day,
~—There is an old and true German
saying, “That children and fools often
tell the truth.”
~—=Subscribe for the REgorren—a tri-
al trip of 3 to 5 months, only 8 cents per
month, less than cost,
~——Jacch Wagner will cease farming,
and flit the day after his sale. Note
nem ders emol gut, Geck,
The Philad Branch is thoroughly
reliable, and Lewins has in stock a line
of clothing that leads in quality snd low
rices. Satisfaction always given.
~The Philad, Branch is thoroughly
reliable, and Lewine has in stock a line
of clothing that leads in quality and low
prices. Satisfaction always given.
—— The son of Mr, Feterolf is not ims
proving. Mrs. J.C, Boal is fast recover
ing from a broken rib sustained by bes
ing thrown from an upsetting sled some
ten days ago,
~A good warm boot or shoe is need
ed by all daring this winter weather,
A. C. Mingle, Bellefonte, keeps a com-
plete stock and at low prices. Gum
boots, shoes, etc. a speciality.
—Jerry Miller removed his barber
shop from under the bank into the ho-
tel building, having had about ten ine
ches of water on his floor and being a
little unhandy to boat.
~~Many of the cellars in town are
flooded, caused by the recent rains, some
having from four to five feet. The town
is in need of better drainage, and sewers
to carry off the water,
———Mre, Alfred Walton, of Philips
burg, was drowned on Baturday. The
cellar of her house was flooded, snd
falling down the cellar steps she was
drowned before help came.
~——MUSICAL COLLEGE.—The
Session opens Monday May 4 for Young
Ladies in Vocal and Instramental Music.
~Address, for circular,
F.C. Noyzs,
Freeburgh, Pa.
——Have you been to A, C. Mingle's
shoe store in the Brockerhoff house
block? Never miss going there when at
Bellefonte, he always has something
new aod offers none but genuine goods
which he warrants. For low prices in
boots and shoes Mingie's is the place:
--(3et the RzrorTer on trial for 3 or
5 months, at campaign rates, eight cents
per month. Send a sample copy to your
friends outside the county, who formerly
lived here; we put the price at less than
cust for a trial trip. Let each reader
send us at least one name, with the cash
at the alhuve low trial rate,
a
oid
Senator Qui; ’s 1epiy to the charges
preferred against him by wwe New York
World would have attracted more atten.
tion if it had been made promptly, The
World declares that it will in doe time
analyze the reply. It says: “If Mr,
Quay is innocent why has he not met
these charges in a way which admitted
of the taking of testimony under oath?
Why has he not put the matter in such
shape that the facts could be tested with
certainty? Why does he offer, in refata~
tion of such charges, only the word of
an accused and discredited man, without
even the pos: support of his own af.
fidavit? Mr, Quay’s answer is no answer.
He has not met the charges, because
be cannot. He shirks because he knows
that the accusations are true.” Thus the
case is put at issue between the World
and Senator Quay. The latter's deaial
is emphatic and specific, but the World
will, no doubt, bring forward its evidence
and we shall have another trial of the
case in the newspapers,
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In Omaha they have a way to break a
fast. Harry M. Rogers, the horse thief,
forger and alleged murderer, who at
tempted suicide six days ago and has
been in jail since, has been trying to
starve himself to death. He bas not
eaten anything since his confinement and
has only drank one cup of water daily:
Yesterday the county physician concluds
od to break Rogers fest for him. The
prisoner was accordingly strapped ia a
chair, and ia spite of his resistance »
quart of milk was forced into his stomack
through a tube inserted in his nostrils,
His lower jaw was then bandaged firmly
to his upper one. This treatment will
be repeated twice a day, alternating the
milk with boef tea.
a tht pablo ommiani went