* ¥OL. LXXIX. Nothing of importance has devel- oped in the murder of Mr. Dale, ex-| cept that a woman made a statement before District Attorney Runkle, which in a measure may be regarded a8 connecting «a resident of Centre Hall with the aflair, The statement, as circulsted on the streets, appears elsewhere in this issue, Other facts and theories relative the murder follow : trace. It appears that Mrs. Weaver, at the Pleasant Gap toll gate, has a vague recollection of 8 white horse passing through the gate Monday evening ; that two men were in the buggy, and the toll gate a lantern distance from alighted, carrying walked up the mountain, un short and A white horse hitched to a buggy, the occupants of which carried a WHERE MURDE The above illustration shows the junction of between Centre Hall and top of Nittany The ** white horse ’’ that you heard #0 much about that crossed Nittany Mountain about the time Mr. Dale left his farm has been pretty well ferreted out The fact is the white horse did pot cross the mountain at all. On questioning Andy Moyer closely, he stated that the ** white hors», two men and the lantern were seen at Horner's below the Dale farm bulldings, bul were not observed passing the Dale house in which Mr. Moyer lives Mr. Packer, a lumbermsn, sinted to the writer that his tesm, one of which waa 8 ‘ white horse,” hitched 10 8 wagon loaded with corn, accompanied by his two sous carrying a isulern, turned into the Horner lape or road about the time corresponding to that mentioned by Mr. Moyer. The Packer team: came from the corn field of Hannah Smith, st Black Hawk, via the old road, intersecting the pike at the edge of the mountain below the Dale farm, and consequently did not pass the Dale buildings, which ac counts for the ** white horse, ”’ man and lantern not being observed pass. ing that point. District Attorney Runkle and] Justice W. B. Mingle made sa tour | should Dave ane, shout Hall passing dowu the Brush Valley road, lantern, was also at Centre weer between 7:50 aud 8 o'ele I'he the “white the time, according to Andy Moyer's story, when Mr, Dale left his buildings. Moyer stated that & very short titne after Dale's rig disappeared barn the If this must have en only sttached to importance horse" js that it would fix farm fromm the white horse the Mr. the approacl ed. in COrrex white borse passed 0 This is assuming thst Dale Dale and his buggy somewhere m was not side-tracked. antain, WO THEORIES—NO, I. At least two theories are being ad- to how, when and where was committed Al- are with vauced us this murder though these theories, thew, they are given to the reader. Theory number one is that the was side-tracked until an Positive evidence and presumed con- ditions to substantiate this theory sre that it grew dark early on the day of Pa Josiah C. Dale by Coroner Fisher and Dr, Locke, in diameter. ini Evaporated 12,000 Bushes of Apples, of the Centre Hall ahd Coburn evapo- rating plants, a about thousand bushels of apples at each of the plants, or altbgether twelve thou. sand bushels. Foughly estimated, the average price was eighteen cents per bundred nds, making over one thousand dollarg paid for the apples evaporated. The apples used at the evaporating plants are a grade not marketable elsewhere, being windfalls and varieties undesirable for shipping. In fact, aside from the labor in plck- ing and transporting, the apples wold to the were clear gain to the seller, since the same stock could not have been put on the market else Teachers’ Institute, The public school teachers through- structors were all that could be de sired, and the entertainments were of the highet order. Kveryone speaks favorably of Mr. Houok's talks, and a resolution expressing gratification over his large vole throughout the state at the recent general election indicates that the teschers had something to do with swelling his mujority. On the whole Buperintendent Etters is to be congratulated, The officers elected for the ensuivg year are Vice-Presidents, C. L. Gram- ley, of Rebersburg, and C. D, Koch, of South Philipsburg ; Secretary Gers trude Wieland, of Boalsburg. Thanksgivin beld yy Eo “o'clock ; sermo services will be Wh a character that no ope in a corn field after dark. When shot it is presumed that Mr, | his buggy, the vehicle either standing on the level or more likely ascending a | hill. Evidence to support this is that | blood trickled down the curtain at the | back and side, which indicates that he | remained in a sitting posture for some | time after the fatal shot was fired, | When found the dead form was wedged in the front part of the buggy, | one knee against the right side of the | dash board, and head lyiog back on] the seat. This position would be the | most natural one for the limp body to | acquire on descending a hill, i Ha the shot been flred when the | vehicle was descending the mountain, | when the natural position of a traveler | | have caused the body to fall forward, | Mr. Dale was found with his over. in taking leave. According to a statement made by Andy Moyer he must have gotten his horse from the stable and hitched up in a very short period of time. For when he in an ad- the vehicle was at Lhe barn ( Moyer ) went after a calf It might have been the bang of a shot gun. FHEORY NO. &, People are pot all of the same mind, { happily so. There are many who believe that the murder of Mr. Dale occurred on the south side of Nittany Mi a point where *' road | reecis the pike | three-fourth BOG I= 8 COWRrd Ve Adam's” This place is the mountain, for a vicious, lie in wait for the spprosch of a vietim, commit the murder in his heart, and again go into hiding. The strongest evidence in support of Way up point vy charseter to tien in dents in Centre Hall, snd others liv- ing slong the base of the mountain, heard the report of a gun, supposed to pike. Other evidence produced is that marks of a horse were visible at this point. These indicated that the horse bad been trampling about, JOHN SWEETWOOD'S STATEMENT, Owing to the fact that John BSBweet- wood and Mr, Dale were to have had a law suit the day after the latter was foully murdered, in the minds of some people there was some importance at tached to the whereabouts of Mr, Bweetwood at the time the murder took place. Mr. Sweetwood and a fellow laborer appeared st the Reporter office Friday evening to state that be ( Bweetwood ) had been in the lumber camp from about noon Monday until the follow- ing noon. The story was corroberated by Mr. Dubbs, who stated that a half furnish the same evidence Mr. Sweetwood was tenant Dale farm previous to the tin Moyer moved there, spring. This statement is published the authority of Mr. Bweetwood sand Mr- Dubbs, and the writer has no resson to disbelieve it, and it will be accepted as true, the Andy 5 017 which inst A on 1s snerally mm fp A WOMAN IMPLICATES MAN Saw Him Leave His Home Usrrying Some thing That Looked Like a Gan A story is circulatiog thet District Attorney Runkle took the statement of a woman in Centre Hall, evening, that possibly a resident of Centre H murder of Josiah C. Dale, on Saturday sf nieet with the the ¢ November 12th, I’ county officer took the statement of a woman is true, what she said is not so sltogether certain, but reports say she related, under oath, that she saw a certian individual leave his home that evening carrying some- thicg that might have been may ¢ all Ye ning of Monday, iat that a gun, tie story goes on the street, there was con- After some time had elapsed, so siderable commotion at this particular man's house, | Continued on ioside page THE DALE FAR T tration shows the fa*m buildings on { Was ia aud on the Aurit the day, snd where he hitched his horse to Love is sweet because it is made up largely of tafly. Thankegiving Day supper in Grange i as Arcadia. Be sure to be on hand, | The Centre County Pomona Grange held 8 regular session at Milesburg { Wednesday. Mra Bolomaon Lohr, of near Boalse { burg, is in Johostown, having gone Dr. J. W. Boul iment in the Lehurch Bunda, {+ Rev insy, the pastor, wi Huow fell filled the appoint Mitiheim Methindist (3. W Mell yun mle, of last week. shaded besuiiful wea Linore thay one inch in depth. Out in [the open the greater part melted al-| most ax fast as it fell While eating a piece of meat a por-| Thursiay apts thie ton Htruble, of Ferguson township, | and almost strangled her. Dr, Woods was called and removed the ob- struction, About ten days ago when Martin Bmith aad J. C, Btruble, of Ferguson township, went to their stables each found a dead horse in the stalls, cause can be given for the unexpected death of the animals, as they appesr- ed to be in good condition the day previous, John (Jlaegow, of Colyer, and Will fam Mitterling, the cow drover, had & mixup one evening last weuk, near Centre Hall station. Mr. Glasgow waa driving toward Old Fort and Mr. Mitterling was coming in the opposite direction. Oa the hill near the Btoner farm house they met, the wheels of their vebicles striking, and as a conse- quence the front wheel on Glasgow's buggy was wrecked snd some other slight damage done. The accident was caused by the street light at the M BUILDINGS. he Dale farm on Nittany Mountain, The 1 the hotise picture Fhe pike passes betwee and barn, Dale's vehicle stood it in the evening Loganton Wiki Celebrate, The work of grading the last three miles of the White Deer and Logan ton railroad into Loganton is about completed, and the work of laying the ties and rails will be commenced next week, It is expected that the first train will ran into Loganton some time between the let and 10th of De vember, This will no doubt be a gals ocession for the people of Loganton and Sugar Valley, tor it mienns much to the people over the msiolains lo the outwide world by rail, after depepudiog on to» silage conch for trapsporisiion since settlers coupled the valley. The road, which will extend from White Deer in Logauton, will be 27 miles in length Buperintendent Steel was in Loganton pushing the work of grading. Am... be cnunentid with eYer Milton Housknechi, of near Snow Shoe, an employe of the Hayes Run Fire Brick Company, at Orvis, was in- stantly killed at that place, Thursday afternoon of last week. He was a cart driver, and in cross ing a bridge the cart over-balanced and in an effort to keep the horse from falling oft the bridge the man was thrown from it, head first, a distance of ten feet, into the water, striking his head against large stones, causing ine stant death, - The unfortunate man was aged thirty-five years, His remains were taken in charge by the I. O, O. F,, of Snow Shoe, and taken to that place for burial, A stock holders meeting of the Hayes Run Fire Brick y was beld recently, at which timé Judge Eilis L. Orvis was re-elected president, The company's finances were found ng. business of the concern growl ! FIRE IN CENTRE HALL Harper's Baru Ablaze at 12:15 Sanday Morning —~Two Other Stables Baro North Section of Town in Great Danger, Centre Hall experienced a brisk fire Bunday morning between 12:15 two o'clock. The result was the de- struction of a small barn on the lot of Mrs, Maggie Harper, and two stables —0ne on the property of the late ex- Sheriff Bpangler and the other on the lot of Jerry Miller, the latter premises now being occupied by George Breon. The fire originated in the Harper barn, which was a building of con- siderable dimensions, having a barn floor, manure shed and ample room te house several horses and cows. The bain was well filled with straw, corn. fodder, unthreshed oats, corn, wheat, ele, all the property Will J. Bmith, who stable. The building and of Dairyman had the itecll was well constructed, beavy timbers being used leased in it for a brn of its kind, and be filled with provender and straw a1 intense heal, I'he Harper barn, on the opposite Spangler stable, east side Hoffer street, was a good sized contained town stable, which also hay, siraw, e¢t¢. The heal or embers from the Harper barn ignited the Spangler stable at the gable end of the structure, near the roof, aud in an lostant the stable was 8 mes of flames, I'he empty premises stood nearby stable of minutes it Loo was bein he Miller mere shell, and the flames, Was AACN, A few minutes p.evious to Lh the Bpangler stable look Lie Ug =" had Leen atlachied Lo Lhe pl Harper residence, but for some reason difficulty was experienced in operat ing the reel on tue hose carl, and fore the walter supply avails abie the Spangler stable was 8 mass of flames, A portion of the hose was thea de- tached and taken to the plug at C. M. Arpey’s house, the hose ran through his lot to a convenient point play upon the Arupey stable, was next to the Miller stable, checked the be. becatue Lo which Fhis timely move progress of flames, the TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. worth all kinds of money— to $17 for prime timothy, Hay | gr Pio [ast week there were some twenty eases of diphtheria in Tyrone, Charles Arney had the good fortune to kill a fox while hunting one day Ie asl J. has week, Clark Carson, of near Bellefonte, secured work in of the Berwick shops. ane The Watchman is fitting up a pri- vate sanctum on the third floor of the Watchman building, The corner stone at Lewistow of the new hospital inid Bundasy. The t $065,000, H. E residence In Was Mr ange t ier and fre, Rhsadle have Filkins, viiffiin d. That rural free OW Ians- in ¥Y. wiables Ww. Centre Hatur- lot ar for la fine r, City editor the has received an jureau of Animal Pitts- of headquarters at judge in judicial dis- tL was on sixty-four. He and received one Chere are who will go | uld it be other- EpPEAE DOW, see » truth they This to the Dale tragedy. ERY, HOW ( “i cone. of ne Archey, Penusyl- the cellar Thursday night of itting a deep gash in her venty-eight years old. Valin ti ace, leil down siairs al her home insti week, head The ove thing that ie oi being constuined by | preven w Lid noriperu seclion Was 8 genlie shower « { ju fadienn and onlin J Led tirst part of toe fin i brisk south wind, carrying vikibers f great quantities Lo Lhe 1 of ings ou both sides of Church sireet. | But for this would have been fired from the Harper i bis fwells | Iai: a Guiel DILGILES | § barn alove, apd what woud % curred [fon Lhe DUTHILYE Ouily be guessed sul Hi of the anlios Lhe Tain, eve fice Nothiog biasd of Hepor ier wi iad today. mirscle could have checked ward march of elements, Thank God for that or pot it was sent at time. ihe On the destructive raiv, whether al opporiune | The fire was first discovered by Geo, W. Bushman, who had retired only a short time previous. He was aswaken- ed by the smell of smoke and a bright | light, and was the first lo sound the] alarm, Lovers on Church turbed by Mr. Bushman's cutery, and however near sbout to draw his targets flew to the sired wold ed in sounding the alarin of fn later gave valvoable asei lane tinguishing the flames, Among those early oa ul were OC, M. Arney and Will J. Smith, Chas, stamp, Uwmstable Ruakle, El- mer Ruokle and Fire Marshal Brishin, After giving the alarm {or a square, | Mr. Bushman secured the toss eart, | and was on the ground early with fire-fighting aparatus, The hose cart from the sistion eud of town was escorted to the diamond by Thos, G. Wilson and E, W. Craw- ford, the former having bec notified by telephone. Peculiar ss it may seem, only a stoall portion of the residents of the town were aware of Lhe fire until the next morning. A square from the fire persons slept soundly through it ali, dis. | panicky i «rite slreel were Ly was bis weapon tn join. and ih £X- EQCedie Lhe It was five o'clockygwhen the smoul- dering embers received the last dash of water. At that time, owing to a rain that again began falling, it was thought safe to retire, Most of those who remained (about a d zen per sons ) until that time had interests was an abundance of water, ne ST, 1 at | . * incendiary origin, snd added to force the morning be on This will ihat ibe, Whe In pg, and Mr. Adam ¢ of the i Laat section ped Lo Dusking eorn at a pitied Gringe gerich, west of Lis in LR INO se was brask- wi ia ihe field of Lovin Burris, « he Poler farm, and pours husked i twenty bushels Rev I. Btonecypher, of ttended a meeting of the uference st Loganton, week at iii seven e-add hundred au While Boaisburg, = Northern « O08 J east of Centre Hall. The Homan family were formerly mem- the reverend gentleman is Mr. and Mrs. John of Philipsburg, Centre Hall Mra. Hosterman and little son remained at the Hosterman home, vir, Hosterman sitended the itute, They much surroundings in all kinds of nice things to say about the people, the town and the schools, H, Hosterman, were In fas wee RK. Wile oonly inst are pleased their wit Philipsburg, and bave A distinctive and unique feature of the Mines and Metallurgy exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition, next year, is to be the concentrating plant ope- rated by the United States Geologice! It will consist of various concentrating tables, magnetic sepa rator, crusher and classifier which will permit treating ores so that their min- eral contents can be accurately de- termined. Two trolley companies want to do business in Lewisburg. Ope is the Lewisburg, Milton and Watsontown Company, the other a MiMlinburg company. The latter proposes build. ing a line from Mifftioburg to Lewis. burg, and agrees to post $5000 for a faithful performance of the contract, which includes in the proposition to have the oars yunaing a year from next January. The Ladies’ World for December Is the first number brought out by Charles Dwyer, who recently resigned the editorship of The Delineator. It is a rendable magazioe from cover to cover, and in addition to the recres- thon it affords, the ladies will find in
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