VOL. LXXIX. HALL. PA. 29. 1906. OFFICIAL FIGURES IN THE STATE, The official figures show that | Stuart's majority was but Houck’s majority for secretary of in. ternal affairs was 48,785, leading the ticket by many thousands. THE VOTE FOR GOVERNOR Edwin 8. Stuart, Republican 601,782 Citizens ............... 4,610 801.747 6,004 145,667 754 307 457 967 24.793 15.169 2109 on “i Lewis Emery, Jr, Democratic........ Commonwealth Lincoln........... Referendum... Utlion Labor . Homer L Castle, Prohibivon James Maurer, Rocialist John Desmond, Socialist Labor...... Scattering... Total number of votes cast............ 1,0.6,445 Stuart's plurality, 48 435 Stuart's majority, 6339 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Robert 8. Murphy, R., total. Jeremiah § Black, D., total H. D. Patton, Prohibition. Chas. P. Gi'ded, Socialist James Clark, Socialist Labor. Scaliering....... srinstaa——— Total votes cast. ARETE Murphy's plurality, n, 09 Murphy's majority, 26,756 AUDITOR GENERAL. Robert K. Young, total YW. B. Crofii¥, S008 ....coonsvessicscsrssnsssninennnil Edward Moore, Socialist... — William H. Thomas, Soc, Labor... cores 504 B41 482 922 - 25,807 . 16,458 2.813 1 .. 382.9% Total number voles CREE. .........oovvrmenrnrnnns 976,258 Young's plurality, 54,656 Young's msjority, 35,413 SECRETARY INTERNAL Henry Houck, R., total Joh J. Green, D., total. «a.. George Hoffman, Prohibition Henry W. Kane, Socialist James A. McConneil, Socialist Labor on SORERBEING. .. cone rieiimrsnsserirrvsisrnss 3 AFFAIRS. H11,865 A419 6:0 24.547 - 16212 2 688 Total number votes cast... Houck's plurality, 92235 Houck's majority, 48,785 ma ————— DO IT THOXKOUGHLY, MR, CARSON, The information thus far elicited by Attorney Geveral Carson in his in vestigation of the Blate capitol matter must certainly have convineed him that there was something wrong in the manner io which the building was farnished. The various explanations vouchsafed by tbe con- tractors are { r from satisfyiog and the inference i« strong that the State paid several willions of dollars more that it should have for what it re ceived. Now that the campsign over, the allegations made during is progress concerning the capitol job. bery appear to be Letier supported than ever. The attorney of the State therefore cannot perform his duty without going to the botiom the matter and gettiog all the If he fails to do this, it will be | bent on his successor and he pext governor to supply the omission. To this Mr. Stuart is pledged, snd many of those who voted for him will ex- pect him to keep his word in spirit as well as in Jetter, radically in cenvial of facin, cum- It was superfluous to announce that Senator Penrose would be a candidate to succeed bimself. This was a fore- gone conclusion as soon as the result of the recent election in this State was known. That result afforded ample warrant for his being a candidate and to authorize him to entertain high hopes of being successful. It is said that be is anxious that the Legislature shall co duct its sessions io such a» manner as Lo cause no pub ie iudigus- tion. It will receive its orders from him, but not ju the open msnner they have heretofore Leen conveyed Ap- parently some ¢ffort will be made to keep all the pledges made iu the Re- publican pistform and reiterated by the successful candidate for goveroor However, this remaius to be seen. Already it is asserted that the Penn sylvania Railroad Company sod its ally, the Standard Oil Company, will not permit the ensctweut of some of the promised legislation. Time alone will tell whether this report is well founded. Mennwhile Senator Penrose is a candidate r re-election, snd it may be frankly admitted thst his prospects of success appear 0 be ex- cellent. —————————I—— A ——— Of course everything may be as love. ly on the canal strip as the President's optimistic speech at the 2nd of his fly- ing visit indicated. Bat a third change in the administration of affairs has been made. First there was a top. heavy tape-bound commission which dug largely by typewriter. Then the commission was reduced to three and the President O, K.’d its work. But now this commission has been abol- ished as well as the independent canal gone governorship, and Chairman Bhontz is vested with fall control. The changes are in the direction of greater efficiency, but they come so yy an to make the taxpaying pub. lie, whose money Is pouring into Panama so fast, just a trifle solicitous, The Howard Iron & Tool Co, has started to make brake beatua for the THE MURDERER STILL AT LARGE diet of the Jury of Iuquest—Fuall the | Drag Net, developments of any consequence can be given in these columns. much conjecture, and the people have been greatly wrought up, but that is the end. VERDICT CORONER'S JURY. The verdict of the jury of inquest on the death of Mr. Dale was returned to the Coroner Saturday. No additional testimony was taken since Tuesday, 18th inst., the day the jury was im paneled, although much evidence might have been obtained, and possi bly sufficient to warrant the arrest of a party held under suspicion. The verdict as delivered, except is as follows : the signatures, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF CENTRE } An inquisition taken at Centre Hall in the county aforesaid, the thires:th day of Novem ber, A. DD. 190% before Lr. Philly Fisher, Coroner of the county aforesaid, upon viaw of the body of Josiah C. Dale, then and there lylog dead, up- on the solemn oaths, respectively, of Morris Runkle W. smith G W, Hostermsan, W Ruonk'e, G. W Bushman, and John J fthe « charged 12 ine the part of toe Commonwealth of Pennsy Josiah CC. 83 8 James Arney: aunty aforesaid, quire on Ivania, when, where an by what means the Dale came to h tive the boy and from the evidence produced before Dale came 10 his death ou the evening of the twelfth day of No vember, A from a gunshot wound io flicted by hands of some Ty IN WITNESS WHEREOF, as w Coroner, as the sald jwors, have to this # death, whe upon their respec oaths do say that it appears from the view of them, that the said Josiah ( DP, 1906, person unknown to said j ell the saad Ing uist- tion set their hauds and seals, the and on day year aud at the place first above mentioned EMPTY BHELL FOUND, al » Dale is An empty shell was pleked up of Mr. It course, ked up this season point where the murder might have been committed No. 12 New Rival. Of emply shell might be pie especially the where this particular might make it fu Aan nl most anywhere, of the year, but particular was found than ordinary locality shell of more importance, SHOOTING ALONG MOUNTAIN Binee the Dale tragedy, at least for a week thersaf er, guny were tired along Nittany Mouutain in the evenivg to about correspond with it is supposed the Dale murder took place. By some it is thought these shots were fired to make it sppenr that the shoot. ing slong the mountain, after dark, is nothing uoususl, thus to discredit the belief that the sbot fired wix o'vlock Monday evening, November 12th, in the vicinity of Adam's was fired by 8a murderer, the time about rond SEARCH HIM OUT. This cowardly erimioal, the mur. derer of Mr. Dale, undoubtedly daily looking into the faces of many of the citigeus of (entre Hall He just ns guilty now as he will be afer the strong arm of the law has him io knotted in iw fetters, and the rope bins been for a nooss=, Search him out ! Today this charscter is abroad ; he is 8 dangerous villisn ; be is mingling with the good, law-abiding people, Search him out! There are 8 score of people for whom this murderer has as much hatred as he bad for the man he slew. Who knows when he will attempt aud pos wibly su ceed in reeking vengeance agninst others. Bearch him out! The villian ! Beareh him out ! he community is uot safe ~life or property —with this perpetrator of a most hetnous erime at large. Search hima out ! PULL THE DRAG NET. Chere i= sgiiatise, that the county commissioners should offer a reward for the capiure of the murderer of Mr, Dale; that they should employ a baud of detectives to seour toe community. The county has machinery caleul- lated to both discover and punish erimsinnix. Let thet machinery first be put junto active motion ; let it pull the drag-net and sift its Bodiogs, After that, should the local machivery prove ineffective, it will be time to re- sort to other methods, Detectives do not siways sccom plish what the name implies ; rewards are not always productive of discoveries. First the county suthorities should exhaust all efforts | detectives, re wards, ete, afterward, THE CITIZENS DULY, However distasteful it may appear it is the duty of every citizen to give up every particle of evid: nce he or sie may have that will aid in fastening this enormotis erime on the guilty party. Those who have heard the life of Mr. Dale threatened by soy one, no matter who, owe it to themselves and the community to give the facts to the authorities. They should not even wait until they are called upon in an official way, but they should volun teer the information. The life of Mr, Dale was as dear to him and his fami y as ls your ote to 779 and and Jou fara}. here and there, sou for tok iy waiy of oir 1 vo Ton A TRADITION SMASHER, | Are Not Slimy; Do Not Coll Before striking, Ete, The State of Pennsylvania has is- sued a snake book which while happi- ly making no pretensions to rival in loa, or cost the famous “bird book’ of early days is assured a much wider appreciation. Ordinarily the literary efforts of an economic zoologist would not be sus- pected of absorbing popular interest. But Professor Burface is not an ‘ordi- nary economic zoologist, judging by this publication. He is an iconoclast, a tradition smasher. The chapter dealing with what snakes are not will add more to the public knowledge than could be gathered in perhaps a hundred times as much reading in al- most any other book. This is possible because the public knows more about stinkes tat is not so than about any other subject, From the days of the Garden of Eden it has been positively believed that all The professor says they are not and pever were, The lit. erary gents have never hesitated whether in dime novel or in classic to muke the treacherous snake coil be- striking. The professor says it would be an impossibility for even a that, Neither do they charm birds or people. The tradition al fascination in t) e serpent’s eye is all fictionist, Io fact, nearly everything known about snakes is» what is not known about them. But when be comes to remedies for the professor deals the Hest of all. It is entirely wrong, he says, for a person bitten by a puake to fill himselfup with whisky. It may be a decided help, he admits, not the first, Still, us every vietim who allows himself to be bitten to get the remedy is sure he is in deadly extremity they will prob- ably continue to take the Iset resort to make sure of the remedy, I'he only sort of snakes the professor bas overlooked is the brand that ap- pears at Harrisburg when the Legisla- ture But as the public knowledge of these is much more ex- tensive than of the varieties he writes about he probably concluded that no instruction was needed. snakes are slimy. fore snake to do in the eye of the hites blow ennke den but ss a lsst resort, first ig In session. a —————— Favors Larger Appropriation De. N. C. Beunefler, state superin. tendent of schools, in bis report favors a larger wool appropriation. He figures out that in 1885 the appropria- tion per scholar was §5 14, and in 1905, but $4 30. This is due to the fact that the number of scholars have increased, ard that almost $800,000 have been di- verted from the public school treasuries to aid no mal sebool students and township high schools, He strongly favors vaccination, but asks that provision be made for school- ing of children who are not vaccinated. This suggestion will be severely crit icised, Superintendent Schaeffer is also In sympathy with the pensioning of school teachers, and thinks state in- spection of township high schools is DECessary. scl Fire at Howard, Sunday night the large barn on the farm of Lewis Bolapue, in Howard township, caught fire and was burned to the ground. Two horses, a cow, hay, grain and farmiog implements were destroyed. The fire is believed to have been of incendiary origin. Mr. Bolapue, the owner of the farm, had arranged to sell itto a Mr. Riche mond, of O-«ceola, who intended to oe- cupy it in the spring. Mr. Bolapue is going to Oklahoma to make his future howe. There is little insurance on the barn sud contents Ef —— he Old Fort Hotel, The Oid Fort Hotel, Edward Royer proprietor, is maintaining its great record for dinner parties. Bunday over sixty persons were guests of the hotel, most of them being Inds snd lassen from State College and Belle. fonte. The lay-out was fine, which wills advertise the hots! more nd more, adn murderer is dally “looking you in the face. Help to search this murderer out! Ouoce in the meshes of the law a murderer ean do no ham to the come munity at large or to individuals, Again, however fearful you may be that by giviog testimony against a suspect you may be bodily harmed, or otherwise sustain loss, it is your bounden duty to make known every bit of evidence you may have that will uid in searching out the murderer of Mr. Dale. If a villain fell upon you, and took your life, would you not want the murderer y Would your et ds oats n give ovidaioo that wis ald in it yi person who Jecently commit. the murder det 63 Nittany Mountain, auth sVideuos ; sll that ro ond My to induce thove who have it POMONA GRANGE MEETING, | The Hearing of Reports on Insurance, Graoge Falr, Telephone Company snd Organization of & National Bank Take Up the Time, The fourth quarterly meeting of the County Grange at Milesburg, on the 21st instant, was full of interest and animation. After the opening cere monies—roll call and reading of min- utes by Becretary D. M. Campbell— Henry Heaton, on behalf of Bald Eagle Grange, extended a cordial wei- rome to the members of the County Grange. Lecturer Willard Dale re- sponded on behalf of the County Grange. GRANGE PICNIC, The Grange Encampment commit tee made its annual report, showing that this department of the County Grange is in a highly satisfactory con- dition, and returned to the County Grange the largest balance for years A detailed statement was given of every department of the Grange Fair and of premiums paid every exhibitor in the Horticultural and Agricultural department. A cash premium was paid for every article placed on exhi- bition, a favor bestowed to exhibitors not accorded by any other Fair in the state. The County Grange by resolution appropriated from its treasury $300 00 toward the erection of a large exhibi- tion building for the accommodation of the Agricultural snd Horticultural exhibit and also for a better sccommo- dation of the exhibit of the Btate Col- lege and the state agricultural experi- ment station. The flusnce committee submitted its report, which verified the accounts of the Encampment committee, GRANGE FIRE INSURANCE, Che Grange Fire Insurance Compa- ny also gave its quarterly report, show- ing sn loecrease of insurance for the quarter of $250,000, which brings the total insurance of the Grange C HI pa ny to five million nine hundred thou- sand dollars. The average cost of in- surance for a period of thirty yesrs was stated to be §7.50 per thousand A recess was taken for lunch, the members having brought their lunch with them. At oneo'clock the session was resumed, TELEPHONE COMPANY, The telephone Company in ite quar terly report stated that three Branch Companies had been put into sctive operation since iis Inst quarterly port, with three or four new Branch Companies in process of organization, snd that the system was giving gen- eral satisfaction, The report further stated that through the Central Company, made up of representatives from the Branch Companies, a better understanding is being brought about, which enables the Branch Companies to work to- wether, snd build up as valuable tele phone service io rural communities, By resolution the County Grange appropriated $40.00 to awist The Pa- trons Rural Telephoue Company to extend ils service to localities petition. ing for assistance. lu addition to the sbove appropriation the Cointy Grange subscribes §10.00 every Branch Company organized. REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE, An smeundment was made to the bispk form of insurance application, requiriog tbe iosured to make a state ment of the amount of valustion placed on the buildings aud Ilsnds by the assecsor of tue district. The Iusuravce Committee was in- structed to prepare a comparative statement, covering a period of ten years, of the average cost of insurance per one hundred dollars in the Grange company, ss compared with other companies dolog busivess in the same territory, and report at the next meet- ing of the County Grange, GRANGE NATIONAL BANK. The organization of a Grauge Na- tional Bank was taken up. Mr. Bel lows, a representative of the State Grange, being present, was called up- on to explain to the County Grange the plan of organization of these banks He demonstrated ou the biack-voard the capital required, probable deposits, "| a8 compared with other banks doing business in the county, probable loans, cost of conducting the same, rents, ete. He further explained that the Btate Grange would furnish compe tent men Lo assist in the organization and management of the business notil fully understood by the local people interested. He also stated that sub- scription would be received f.om those outside of the Grenge, but not in ex- cess of the subscription held by mem- bers of the order. All interested should be given equal representation, Mr. Bellows gave the par value and market value, aleo surplus of the Na tional Banks doing business in Centre county, together with much other valuable information, A committee was appointed to in. vestigate aud develop a plan of or. Tew to (Continued ou pert 3 Fowder Mill Blows Up. Wednesday afternoon of last the Clearfield Powder Mills, located two miles from Clearfield, owned by Hon. James Kerr and operated by C, W. Mills, were blown up Manager Mills and Clifford Bhirey were badly burned. The will $30,000, This Is the second time these mille bave been destroyed by explosions during the past four years, Mills and Bhirey were the only men about the works when the explosion oceurred, and they cannot assign any Both were outside of the buildings experimenting with some ingredients when the powder was ignited. The shock was felt for miles, and huge timbers from the buildings were blown half a mile. A little girl ing on the railroad tracks near the mills was struck by a piece of board and knocked down, but not badly hurt. When the mille blew up four years ago three men were killed and badly injured. week loss reach about CRUE walk- Wo pe Fublic Sprayings Charles C. Hess, special and demonstrator for the inspector division of >. NO. 47, TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS. HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS, Grange (io to ( Thursday Lock Hav Bring Arcadia tonight Bomething good to eat, is selling city bonds per cent interest, $25,000 en H are « 6% red, Mrs, William Scholl is back from Altoona where for several months she was the guest of her son, J. C. Scholl, Bepoer Grabam moved from Belle- foute to Philadelphia. His son, Seott Graham, is employed in Wanamaker’s store, Hor on the second floor CC. Heinle now located of the Crider ex- is willing meet is change, where he to his friends William Hipple, of Baltimore, of Mre. E. W, s iu Centre Hall for of the Crawfords, Md., Craw- short olher-in-law a *. B guest snns Valley Ee werk Lay, ho ie in print, patrons, is to be cone paper reached its the editor, upon the matter the zoology, Department of Agriculture, for the distriet of Centre a: field counties, will give public demon- | strations of spraying for Ban Jose scale | at the following times and the hour of one o'clock : Dee. 1, RF.D Dee. 8, John Hervit, Dec. 5, Dec. 7, Bamuel Nittany, R. F. D. Dec. 15, Emanuel Mille, Dec. Dec. 18, Grove Mills, Btate Collegs Dec. 21, H. O Fleming, R. F. D } iBoes, Peter Gearhart, Jeraey David Schenk, Howare Alley, Jack«o shook, Newlon meholl, SMonerode in the Pen Boyd SBtounerode, a former reside: Milesburg, was found guilty of a cleve forgery on various bauks 10 ern part of the tenced to ten years in the § One forgery was a draft for $1200, and it was while attempting to have cashed at Bentleyville, Washington county, that a detective arrested Lim. This was May. Previ had successfully oblained at least in cash through forgery. was a telegraph operator at Cor on the Wabash system, aud posed as a very salttly man. He escaped punishment, but for the eflorts of the American Banking Association who thought him character to be at large ———— ——— p—— Corn is King ginle, and = tats t ves 1 MDIEHDLIATY., | inst usly hs $1700 | mloneroge KOp IER would too dangerous al One of the things on which the na-| tion's continuing prosperity is bui is the staggering corn crop which horny-banded farmers have this year. [tis now estimated at 881,000,000 bushels. This is 173,000,000 | bushels in excess of the largest vious crop, that of 1905. Two such full years following in succession give a great lift to the farmers, farmers lift all the others. crop this year will be worth 'h as the wheat and colton crop com- bined, and there are 200,000 000 tushels to spare for export after supplying the home demand. Corn is king, aud the Dingley tarifl only a pretender. ————— Killed While Hunting Harry Green, a son of Johu residing near Osceola, a aged only about seveulee: with a sad death last week out bunting. It seems that be slipped on 8 log, snd as he did so Lie gun discharged, the contenls peucirsting his stomach, from the eflecis of which he died several hours afterward, the aud the The corn as mu Green, JOUGE hab als, et Wie Was r column sceount of Centre County may read members of the i an the that by lings of rige, be moan 8 Home and Foreign ary Moclety of Tusseyville will heir aunbual k-offering Thank All are cor- day evening. ited WwW. “ e vi Use to attend H. , have joined Musser and son, forces in insurance in Fhe Junior Musser and 1 been jiving in Bt. Louis. Asron Harter, of sited the former's moth- urg. Mr. Harter is he Harrisburg formerly v Dg an business Mre boss electric id was a resi- Hall. Reg Nicely, seller, vablican, de- by Demo- er and recorder of North iy, will Len make a oon- the court for il has pelilioned t of the vi tas Frow Lie farm to the move Lo hotel—That is by Lewis E. the William south of Millheim. He and will be made Ww ensntl on » ff ¥ ater arm ieaseq 1 ups “4 ¢ iss Fi he Coburn hotel, tin the spring. ra Love is back from At- ty where she and Miss Meek, fonte, spent eight weeke., Be- turning, Miss Love visited at f Rev. W. K. and Mm. at Jenkintown. SOT Mei wie Gas reported that George Wanamaker of Colyer, emapiatiog disposing of his 0g to his farm in the But what would wal Meise ? as. Lhe Ol RK, 8 movi ~even Mounts wilh ae, Colyer b Noakes | The Reporter has snakes but they are bound in a volume issued by the division of Zoology, entitled ** The Serpents of Peunsyivania.’’ There is one snake ~ the Legislative Snake. "8 great a monster to in ils lorary, mssiug Juess il woo conquer smbrose Ray, of Bellefonte, was below the kuee of the by a dog, while passing atoug the residence of Harris Hoy, on the Rock View farm, near Bellefonte. ration became very much in- a runuing sore de. velop d al Lhe Ruee cap. badly bitten right leg he soe flamed, aud isler A weldiog ring was found in a rab- Lit's stomach ; iu the mouth of a fish ; encircilug » cabbage root, and 8 pum- per of other peculiar ai uuiooked for Just this November, a be found io almost every and’ia the suout of the va- princes fig tay now, pig's all, ( Continned from previous on am: meeting MISCELLANEOUS BUSINE&® Marcelius saukey, of Poti Mills, “ diliheim Journal relates the followiug : Michael Hess, of Fiedler, while camping with a party of hunters i he was elected an auditor of the Gi auge | Fire Iusurance Compauy for three years, This being the time for the election of five directors to The Patrons Rural Telephone Company, the following were elected to represent the County Grange : Leonard Rhove, Jonn Dale, James Gilliland, Willard Dale and 8, W. Bmith ; to serve for one year. By resolution the Finance Commit. tee of the County Grange was instruct. ed to audit the socount of the Tele. phone Company, By resolution the Finance Commit. tee was instructed to make a complete loventory of all investments of the County Grange and report at the Jan. uary meeting. During the day interesting rocita- tions were rendered by Mrs. George Ebbs, of Hall Moon Graoge, aid Mrs. Carrie Dale. After the transaction of much other business the County Grange adjourned omen at Centre Hall io Jatitnsy. on Round Top Mouutsin, east of Wood ward, was stricken with paraly- | wis Thursday. He was conveyed to his { home aud the latest report is that he hus recovered from the stroke, I'he fellows who ave discrediting newspapers, endeavoring to make it appear that they have been shorn of their influence, as a rule, have had a good dose of pews ink applied to them- selves, aud the result invariably has been contrary to their wishes. The reflection oust through printed pages is hated by the lilliputisn politician, the common grafter, and the criminal, At the Northern Conference of the Evangeliesl Lutheran Synod, which convened in the Lutheran church at Loganton, Rev, H, C. Bixler, of Re bersburg, was elected president ; Rev, 1, N. Fleck, of Nittany, vice prams dent; Rev, J. 1. Stonecypher, of Boalsburg, was re-elected secretary, and Rev. J. M. Reerick, of Centre Hall, was reelected treasurer. The Oasfurssce vind meet al utiy. burg tn May, 1907 i
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