VOL. LXXYV.
CONGRESS IN SESSION,
4 PREACHER SHOT A BURGLAR. 7 FROM OKLAHOMA, “
HB. J. Kruder Tells Some Ioteresting Facts
About the indians of the Territory.
In a letter of recent date 8. J. Kra-
der, of Mountainview, Oklaboma, Ter-
ritory, gives a number of interesting
facts concerning the Indians who liv
near his home:
Reception from a Leader in the Noo.resist.
ant Sect Was Unexpeotedly Aggressive,
The President's Message Rocelved--No |
TarllY Revision,
Almost all the members of both | John B.
Houses arrived in Washington Sun-|aud Dunke
day in anticipation of the meeting of | Snyder county, mortally wounded a
Congress Monday. The leaders in each { burglar who was robbing his store
branch have been busy on the ground | Sunday morning.
for several days, mapping out the plans | The burglar alarm awakened Mr.
for a busy session, | Bhellenberger and hestationed himself
The most prominent and influential | in front of the store and fired into the
members of the House and Senate are { building. A shriek was heard and
agreed that no tariff revision shall be | when neighbors arrived and entered
attempted at this session and that|the store it was found that the in-
nothing of great importance shall be | truder had been shot in the back. The
done, aside from the passage of the ap- | wound is of a dangerous character
propriation bills, except possibly the! but it is believed'the man will live.
enactment of some sort of legislation | ‘phe burglar wore blue overalls and
relating to Trusts. | plow shoes. He has auburn hair, a
The President's message was receiv full sandy beard and is aged about
ed Tue-day noon, after reading of | thirty-five years. He has given his
which Congress adjourned out of re- | name as George Snyder, and says he is
spect to the memory of those members [a resident of the suburbs of Shamokin,
who have died during the recess, name- | Robberies have occurred almost
ly, Senator McMillian, of Michigan; | every night in Snyder county for the
Representatives Russell, of Connecti | past month,
cut, and Sheppard and De Graffenreid,| As non-resistance is oue of the prio-
of Texas, | cipal doctrines of the Dunkers, mem-
The leaders already have resolved to | bers of that faith are subjected to in-
expedite the appropriation bills as | dignities of many kinds by the lawless
much as possible, in order to allow the | element who trust to escape easily be-
largest margin of time for other mat- | cause a Dunker will rarely touch fire- |
ters. The legislative and pension bills | arms or appear iu court. Mr. Shellen-
will probably be read before the end of | berger’s interpretation of the peaceful |
the week. { teachings of his church did not pre- |
One of the first things the Appropri- | vent bim from giving the burglar a |
ation Committee will be called on to Warm reception. The incident, how- | buildin Ww :
do, however, is to prepare a bill to pro- | ever is without a parallel among the vat nt Des, 101 Liss Wh Sony oD |
——— | the end of the five years.
DEATHS, For all the land he plows the renter
| pays the Indian fifty cents a year for
{each acre he has
Shellenberger, a merchant
r preacher, of Bannerville,
recently; they havea small house
40 feet, ceiling eight feet in height, |
four windows, two doors and a few |
chairs. They have no seats for thems. |
selves, they sit on the floor in
leaving one aisle to pass
When I came in one of them who |
knew me arose and offered me a chair,
He was the interpreter, an Indian well |
educated in English, having received |
his education at Carlisle. Pa., when al
boy, and what he acquired since by |
observation. He is forty-five years of |
age, has a wife and four children, and |
lives three and one-half miles south of |
me, where he has a homestead of 960 |
acres,
Each member of the Indian fumily
was allowed to take a homestead of 160 |
acres of land, and they selected it on
the south side of the Washata river.
There were three thousand Indians;
their land is leased for five years in
leases of 160 acres each, the renter to
build a house on the same to cost from
one hundred to nine hundred dollars,
dig a well, fence the land with three
wires, posts one rod apart and other
2 . bit ' : ¢ } ke at
vide for the Coal Strike Commission. Dunkers,
Judge Gray, chairman of the ('ommis- | Sse)
sion, has asked for an appropriation of |
$50,000 to defray the expenses of the |
Commission, to pay its clerical force | CATHARINE FREDERICKS SMITH. or wisat § eo
: > : i ‘at Nari : : , { for what he does not plow s DAY
and to furnish such compensation for| Mrs. CatBarine Smith, widow of the lt ty-fi t ro” r pays
. Sond : i | twenty-five cents acre uses |
its members as the President may fix | late Dr. J. R. Smith, died at her resi- | uty : 3 nO dere. Bd Uses It
’ | | for pasture land. The renter gives a
fa
{dence in Pine Grove Mills Sunday |
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE,
"i under cultivation and |
| evening at six o'clock, after three days’ | bond for the contract and pays the
illness of congestion of the liver aged i rent in cash to their agent, semi-annu - |
seveniy-iwo years. She was one of | Ally, aud this money is used for the
¢ i ic f the ian
the old residents of the town and her | support of the Ind Al
If the renter is a good farm
|
Opposes Congressional Tariff Revision |
While Admitting Need of Readjustment,
President Roosevelt's to |
Congress begins with vaunting decla-|
$ i ¢ wl
message home was ber best sphere as her entire | h, A gooq
ol sitize srt ati he he
life was spent to make her home the | Citize h aud an honest mau be has the |
4,
1902.
#Zei.coxn WEEK COURT, AS
Miller Sentenced—Slow Work at Court
Many Cases Postponed or Continued,
David Miller, who last week was
{ found guilty of murdering his son-in- |
i
| law,
Robert Roach, Tuesday was
| brought before the court for sentence, |
| The sentence imposed was imprison- |
ment for eight years and elevenmonths |
The second week of November term |
of Court convened at Bellefonte in the |
Court House Monday morning the |
thonotary Gare
Court Btenogia
respective
Iner, Register Archey,
pher Burrows in their
laces,
The for session, as usual, was |
taken up in the
tious and petitions
members of the Bar,
list of were called and
position made of the following:
Countinued— Lehigh Valley Coal Co. |
ve. (eo. Lucas, et. al
resentation of mo- |
Cases
iq
non cepl cepit and property.
del, Jr., et. al; replevin: plea
cepit and property,
nop i}
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t
i
I
Lehigh Valley Coal Co, va. A.
cepit
J.
Cireist: replevin; plea, nou and
property.
J. L. |
et, al. :
Philip Idding:
Townshi
athurst ® Harry H
i,
ud
i plea, not guilty,
Curtin
Vv
ejectment; plea, not guilty
ia
Wile va. Bpriug
f
Pp; trespass i
(ieo0, T. adminis-
trator Geo, W. Jackson, decoas i,
vi, Jackson, Hasti &
Bit;
te 3 wiv
WeW, surviving
¥
of
4
x
ngs 3 i
plea, non assum psit.
; BSSUID-
Edward Rider ve. Emma OC. tider,
subpoena in divorce,
T. Rote
al.; assumpsit;
Emanuel
Jordon,
assum pai
C.
Hi
William
i
£
et. lea, nd
$
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I'he following Cases were continued
on account of belog “special” and will
Have to bedtried before another j idge | ,
IL wilhiess
as Judge Love is an importa
in them: Charles McCaflerty vs. Jno.
{
Caldwell and Mary Cook; ejectment: |
a filed leave of Court, |
mation that hardly accords with the
timidity of actual recommendation
which follows. He would have Trusts
Mi { rilege + or five years loug- | special pl
best place for her children and a no less | Privilege M1 easing fo x ony : : 8 jipeea 1
. . i i rhe “ “ pase his sx pired. LA Ise
welcome resort for all who came that | © 8 en . : : re a a - Also
. § line prairie land, some of it contain. Caldwell
way. Her children showed their ap- | Je pr $ 30g of 18 conta aldwell,
by
3
Charles
Mc John
s I
ai. ,
el
i : : {ing timber, lying along the Washat
| preciation by their fond attachment, |'"8 timber, ylog nua
river and small creeks. Where the
Eight of ber ten children mourn her |, 4 tains tid t if
i y : : » fiand contains we Cal EUS }
death, they are, W. H. Smith, War-|'® oa inner Jt can be used for
improvements on the
strengthened as to prevent injustices | riors Mark; Charles, Bellefonte: Oscar, | making .
and discriminations which now hinder | State College; James R., and Freder- | but cannot be sold; where the land
and bamper the legitimate business of | jek Pine Grove Mills; Mrs. Frank Sto- | 1 prairie the renter must buy his fuel,
the country. If thiscan not otherwise ver, Mrs. Charley Schatser, Altoona: | It is & good Opportunity for a youug
be effected he even suggests that the | Mrs Adam Murphy, Clearfield. {sD starting out ia life aod by good
Constitution might be amended so as Mrs. Smith early in life gave her |™8Dagement he can s0on possess a |
to give Congress larger remedial power. | j,equrt 10 God, aud was a devoted and | farm. |
This bas the appearance of earnestness | fuithful member of the Pine Grove | The Indians were the first possessors
and vigor; and it is strengthened by | Mills Presbyterian church. ‘Her re. |°f the 13862 quarter sections of land of |
the suggestion that Congress should | mains were laid to rest by the side of | 190 acre tracts, and if avy one thinks
make a special appropriation fcr the | ber husband in the old cemetery, Wed- the Indian Is a fool or Ucedu ated, he
better enforcement of Anti-Trust laws. | pesdsy morning at ten o'clock, at|!® Wistaken. I bave traveled through
But the worst of the Trusts are built | whieh ber pastor, Rev. D. E. Hepler, fourteen different States of the Union,
upon tarift-made foundations, and|,moeiated. and became acquainted with different
they would be comparatively harmless | tribes of Indians, and many of them
if they were deprived of this improper | would put the white mau to shame. |
advantage. The President throws | We have the second crop of potatoes,
doubt either upon his sincerity or his | century justice of the peace in Boggs | °°T% tomatoes and water melons to]
good judgment when he refuses 10 | township, died at the home of a neighs harvest this season) this has veen a
Wssail the plundering monopolies |, Tuesday moruing. His age was|Y®8T of plenty on river bottom land.
whose existence he bewalls at the | Kaffir corn is the favorite erop here |
point where they are most pregnable. | for general use.
While Congress alone bas the power I expect to build a flouring mill to
to make and unmake tarifls, the Presi- grind their wheat, corn and Kaffir |
deut opposes Congressional tariff res ora.
vision even while admitting the need |
of readjustmen(. Except through dip- |
lomatic dicker for reciprocal trade or
through the indeterminate work of
outside experts he opposes change in
the protective rates of duty. He would
“stand pat.” Only if all other exXpes
dients shall fail is Congress to under- |
take the duty of correcting admitted
evils. He makes one exception to his
rule. He recommends the removal of
the tariff on anthracite coal.
The President is more equivocal
in his discussion of this main topic of
his message than was McKinley. He
knows in advance that Congress will
make haste todo nothing effectual to
curb the plundering of the Trusts or to
give effect to treaties of reciprocity.
Congress, as a pretext of delay, may
fall in with the suggestion for a Com-
mission of tarifi experts; but even that
is doubtful.
The suggestion of legislation to give
greater elasticity to the currency with-
out endangering its convertibility is
both wise and timely, The discussion
of the labor question is merely acade-
mic and without definite recommenda-
tion. The argument in favor of Cuban
reciprocity is strongly reasoned and
reasserted,
The various recommendations for in-
creased expenditure for the army and
navy, for the digging of the isthmian
canal, for the extension of rural free
mail delivery, for the promotion of
irrigation of arid lands and for other
lesser drains upon the Treasury will, if
followed by confirmatory action by
Congress, soon dissipate the Treasury
surplus. No doubt Congress will be
quite ready to make the money fly,
and the absence of any suggestion for
reduced taxation makes it apparent
that the President is prepared to ride
on the crest of the wave of prosperity
while it shall last, taking no thought
regulated and shorn of their power
for evil doing, and he desires that the
Interstate Commerce act shall be sol
f
Arm
is
NATHANIEL BIERLY,
Natbantel Bierly, for a quarter of a
fifty-nine years,
‘Squire Blerly on the morning of his
death was on his way to the railroad
station, sid when reaching the home
of Mrs. John Sheckler he became ill,
went into the house, and as he was
about to sit down he expired, falling
to the floor. Heart disease was the
cause of death.
The deceased was a member of the
148th Regiment, under Capt, James F,
Weaver. He was a prominent mem-
ber of the order of Patrons of Hus
baudry,
i
Sm———— sions sacs
Commission Resumes Work
The plan by which the cosl operas
tors and strikers were 10 have settled |
their differences having failed, the!
commission Tuesday resumed its hear
ings at Berauton,
Chestnut Street Opera House, Philad
The advertised announcement that
Klaw & Erlanger’s stupendous produc-
tion of the London Drury Lane Spec-
tacle, “The Sleeping Beauty and The
Beast,” now crowding the Chestnut
Street Opera House, Philadelphia, is
“The greatest indoor entertainment in
the world” is not an extravagant as-
sertion,
———— A —————
————
SAMUEL LONG.
Samuel Loog died at his home at
Penvs Cave Tuesday afternoon after
aD illness of but a few days. * His age
was sixty-six years. Interment will
take place Saturday morning, at the
Union cemetery, Rev. G. W. Kersh-
ner, of the Reformed church officiat-
ing.
Deceased leaves a widow to mourn
his loss, but no children.
Mr. Long, with his brother Jesse | Which was owned by George Geigley,
Long, owned Penns Cave, one of the { of New Hol
i land, has just died. The
fi nest caverns known. | name of the animal was Andy Curtin,
| after the War Governor of Pennsylva-
| nin. The horse is known to have been
| forty-four years of age, and during the
Civil War was owned by Governor
Curtin, who always rode him in re-
| view of troops.
A A
Keith's New Theatre,
Curtin'y Charger Dead.
One of the oldest horses in America,
George W. Downing died in Altoo-
na, at the residence of his daughter,
Sunday morning. His age was sixty- |
nine years, eleven months. The de- |
ceased for some years was a resident of
Bellefonte. He was the father of Mrs. |
R. B. Spangler, Hastings; Mrs. R. A. | At Keith's new Chestnut street thea-
Hoover, Mrs. W. A. Forrester, and | tre—the perfect theatre—tHe excellent
George W. Downing, Jr., Altoona; and | Pills offered continue to be of second-
a. NL ary consideration as an attraction for
Frank Downing, Bellefoute. Inter- | 8 marvelous beauty of the house
ment was made in Bellefonte. makes this theatre the “sight” cf the
I town, the “show’’ place of Philadel-
A. 0. PURDUE,
hia. Nevertheless, the bills offered
ave been strong and attractive, Roe-
A. O. Purdueglied Monday morning | sow’s Midgets head this week's offer.
at Lock Haven, of consumption. He ing, and i 75 aafe to SRY that there in
was born thirty years ago at Port Ma- "0 nd o putians more clever, or
more favorably known than this same
tide. He lived several years at Ty. | OM tion. Teehow's wonderful per-
rone, and went to Lock Haven a year | formin
i cats are a feature that will
ago from Philadelphia. He is surviv- | in the ladies and children. There
ed by his mother.
(Are many other strong acts on this
‘week's bill, among them being the
Prunes at three cents per pound ar
i
Press Eldridge. Continuous perform-
I'he following
the parties {o interest:
W.R Shope va. Aerica Lyman, et
al., assum psit, !
J. N. Royer ve. (CP
$
Bi i
'
Long, ire
PS |
v
plea not guil
Washington C
ornet
Baod ve. W, O,
Lt. al., trespass,
LR
Dougherty, ¢
$2820 i
8 in favor of Trustees of Belle
el. al
A verdict was also taken in the case :
Boro of Philipsburg vs. William |
ay, el. al, lu the sum of $58.12 with |
fn {
Ww i
(
Court, which will likely be disposed |
of at the uext Argument Court in Jans |
uary, 1903,
A verdict was also taken in the case
of. J. R. Alexander, ef. al, vs The |
Bellefonte Iron and Nail
i
¥
Works in the
sum of $1422.00 in favor of the plaintift,
Also in the case of the Overseers of
the Poor of Haines Township vs. the { ¢
admiovistrators of the estate of Adam |
Jordon, deceased, in the sum of $216.90
Tuesday morning the case of Ardis |
lf
Y., ve. Homer B. Carr, of Milesburg, |
This was sn action |
of assumpsit to recover the amount |
due on certain notes accepted by Carr
from Miles Rumbarger for a binder
sold by said Carr as the agent of plaints
iff company in 1808. Two witnesses
were heard on part of the plaintiff
company when the defendant confess.
ed a judgment in favor of the plaintif}
in the sum of $110.00 and costs and
with a stay of execution for the period
of six months,
Tuesday noon the case of Mabel
Kuupes vs, D. D. Kunes, et, al , replevin,
plea, non cepit and property, was call
ed for trial. The plaintiff alleged that
the defendants had some of her person.
al property in their possession which
they refused to deliver to her, where-
upon she issued a writ in replevin,
C.P. Reney who was found guilty
last week of the crime of larceny and
receiving stolen goods, was sentenced
to pay a fine of one dollar, costs of
prosecution, and to undergo imprison-
ment at separate and solitary confine-
ment in the Western Penitentiary for
a period of one year and four months,
At the close of last week's session of
Court the list of criminal cases were
read off, and the following disposed of:
Com. ve. James Granmyer; charge,
blackmail and extortion of money;
prosecutor, Enoch Hugg.
Com. ve. George Winslow, indicted;
malicious mischief; prosecutor, Alex-
ander Heverley; nol pros filed.
Com. vs, Danny Bmall, indicted for
aggravated assault and battery; prose
cutor, John E. Brown. The grand ju-
ry ignored the bill of indictment and
placed the costs on the prosecutor,
Com, ve. Harry Burton, charge, lar
ceny and embezzlement; prosecutor,
John E. Brown; bill ignored by the
grand jury.
Com. vs. John Longwell and Es.
i
commander-in-chief of the army of fun,
| the Star Store. |
of the receding tide, ance from noon te 10:30 p, m,
Continued at foot of next column,
PLAANNATIONAL CAMPAIGN
Permigient Headquarters in W ashington
Confident of Success,
mittee will continue its
the approaching session of
g
matter as nay have nn by aring on tl
issues of the next
paign,
press confidence in the chances of
Democratic success is 1904,
And say
failing to secure con.
for the Fifty-eight i
if
the com
ke
mittee, Charles A, Edwards, has
supply of
funds to keep the committee
ation and the headquarters will
I oper-
uring
Dis-
JORGE
Kress,
juarters, Mr. Edwards said :
“Its
impossible to get the vote
is
in this work.
ire | Hereafts
i
Lis the plan to Keep the wheels ¢
Our
oustavtiy, pi
Lie newspapers of
ally the rural publ;
eadable mistier tre
ts from
i
Lhe
I'he committee d
discoy
re
bis
iE IAs
Ma pers
OCA
ngton,
wounty,
ar load
0Ine county.
Amos Koch,
last week,
wl an old man by an
ar with much of the
‘elitre Hall,
Have you exami
Wahler pipes ial
ot, do » now,
ROOOVa
for mvs
N.E
sine hot
wihio atl
I)
f
F.ouerick
io cast a
or
=»
Ohio,
ostead of retarnit Nes
i
veut to Massillon, w hier
8. T lL baugh,
¥
igaer
8 working on an
gh, a son,
irit office
Quoe of the former
viace who always ha
entre Hall,
a
is Dan Smith. “Danny’
ot pa-
g
I
iy lumberiog regime, and
pg at Elysburg, Northumberland
in Ww
iV.
tur-
M. M. Condo sent by express a
Westmoreland county to his
or
ay
amily at this place, for Thanksgivin
‘iyde by Harry Barvard, president of
he Madison Bupply Company, fi
meat
Oonvpued from fourth oo
i
Com. vs. John Carenfelt, indicted for
Com. ve. Bamuel Reeder; larceny:
i
:
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS.
'M
I'be youngster onday
morning
song: where's my sled ?
Martin Myers, of Glen Union, a few
tree about 100
days ago took from a bws
sheriff John PP.
I'rustee 8, P. Korman,
H is
the appointment
iblersburg,
of
The
Henes,
Central
depth
ow #0 cover the
) premises,
y
i
ughter of F.
Mrs.
Csrove Mills,
morning
* hitching toa
Lo the country.
aunt,
fa ar
A8Y
ntry employ
itl annual cost
aries of over
y Who have
for many
gstown, Ohio,
future
ite
thelr
ral ASBOC]~
I ueeting
would
county
Lat
¢ inst Friday
ma ceding
al-
Was 4
igh the air
will be
Friday
regan falle
iay and
{ the night,
i three-
sutifal” lay
LLM
* reminding
ripe
pond
plants,
Seasons
Nay De
cal
Belles
a loud
achiues in Belle.
t the owners of
ney to
$f bic
ie
made such
12
Any
liefonte, who
appointment in
this place
Capacitated ow-
#ived to his ankle
raliroad track at
Sudndaay nigot
¥
ing to an iojur
Bellefonte,
W. Harrison Walker
liver an address to the Eik Lodge at
Du Bois, n ¥, the occasion of
Annual Memoria Senator
. Heinle will principal
a similar occasion at Sune
bury, representing the Lock Haven
, will de-
Xi sund
their
C
BEer Oo
the
¥
id
Reeder; defendant entered his plea of
The costs are aver $100,
B. Kline Woodring, Esq, was ap-
pointed an auditor in
Ann Oliver, deceased. W. 8B Crosby,
Esq., as auditor in the estate of Geo. 8,
decensed. T. J. Saxton,
auditor in the estate of Geo, W. Hale,
8. Kline Woodring, Es, William
E. Tate and W. E. Hartsock were ap-
pointed viewers to view and lay out
of Ferguson,
E. R. Chambers, Eeq., snd William
and Christ Decker
were appointed viewers to view and
lay out a county bridge in Bnow Shoe
Township.
Several subpoenas in divorce were
awarded at this session of Court
Wednesday morning of this week
the case of Mary 8. Thomas vs, Thon
as Butler aud Burdine Butler was cull
ed. This is the feigned issue to try
the title to certain personal property.
This case was taken to the Supreme
Court some months ago, and a new
trial awarded. The facts" will appear
11 later issue,
The case of the Misses Bible va Cen
tre Hail borough, for the water rent,
was postponed.
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3
i
i
National Bank of
F. K. Luken-
Fryberger was
institution
like his predecessor, Mr. Lukens
back, is an old Bellefonte boy, says the
Dally News
The «
tow;
1
Lalipes {
burg to suc
resigned.
i
bach,
2 y £2
Pile same
i
for Millers.
ridge Susquehanna
let by the State authorities
mniract the new
across the
Al
the State to replace all bridges over
navigable streams that are destroyed
by fire, fl Nelson & Bachan.
| Chambersburg, were given the
contact for $144,680, ©
The
i
i
od, ele
al, of
Christmas National comprises
ndred and 6fty pages of the
brightest and mos! entertaining text
aud pleture, Admiral Dewey, Becres
tary Shaw, John Mitcheil, Ernest Mo-
Galley, and John Bates Clark contrib.
tte pithy ‘sentiment for the Christe
mas season’ Phe Admiral’s letter is
reproduced in facsimile. There are
short stories by ten American writers,
gr as presi.
a mission to
Ohi
14
E. 8B. Garver, after ser
dent of the Missouri #8
the PaveAmerican @8Ssition at Buf
falo, N. Y,, and thf "South Caroline
Inter-State and West Indian Expost
tion at Charleston, has agaio assumed
the management and editorship of the
Worth County Times, Grant City,
Missourl, Mr, Garver is a native of
Potter township, sud is known Jo
many of the Reporter readers,