The Centre reporter. (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, August 20, 1908, Image 2

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BRYAN IN SPEECH
ACCEPTS. NOMINATION
More Than 20,000 People Hear
Candidate at Lincoln, Neb.
REFORMATION, NOT REVOLUTION
Condemns Taft For Stand on Cam-
paign Publicity — Republican
Party Impotent to Secure Relief
~=-Will Convene Congress.
Lincoln, Neb.—In the presence of
over 20,000 people, William J. Bryan
was informed that he is the Demo-
cratic candidate for the Presidency of
the United States,
Hon. Henry D. Clayton, of Ala-
bama, chairman of the Notification
Committee, said the Democratic con-
vention stood for the conservatism of
government under a written Consti-
tution.
Where the notification speech was
not controversial Mr. Bryan confined
himself to three positive declarations:
The immediate convening of Con-
gress in extraordinary session follow-
ing his inaughration, if elected, to
pass a measure for the election of
United States Senators by popular
yote,
The radical amendment of rules of
procedure in the House of Represen=
tatives to bring it “into harmony with
the ideas of those who framed our
Constitution and founded our Govern-
ment.”
A promise that if the reforms pro-
posed by the Democratic platform are
not applied to the Federal Govern-
ment now, other reforms will have to
be applied at some time in the
future.
Nomination Accepted.
In reply to Mr. Clayton, Mr. Bryan
sald:
Mr. Clayton and Gentlemen of the
Notification Committee—I cannot ac-
cept the nomination which you
officially tender without first acknow]-
edging my deep indebtedness to the
Democratic party for the extraor-
dinary honor which it has conferred
upon me. Having twice before been
a candidate for the Presidency, in
campaigns which ended in defeat, a
third nomination, the result of the
free and voluntary act of the voters
of the party, can only be explained
by a substantial and undisputed
growth in the principles and policies
for which 1, with a multitude of oth-
ere, have contended. As these princi-
ples and policies have given me what-
ever political strength I possess, the
action of the convention not only re-
ens my attachment to them
A Platform is Binding.
tion, and, in that letter of acceptance,
will deal with the platform in detail
It is sufficient, at this time. to assure
both the letter and the spirit of the
platform. I indorse it as a whole and
in part, and shall, if elected, regard
its declarations as binding upon me
And, I may add, a platform is bind-
ing as to what it omits as well as to
what it contains: According to the
Democratic idea, the people think
for themselves and select officials to
carry out their wishes The voters
are the sovereigns, the officials are
the servants, employed for a fixed
time and at a stated salary to do what
the sovereigns want done, and to do
it in a way the sovereigns want it
done, Platforms are entirely in har-
mony with this Democratic idea. A
platform announces the party's posi-
tion on the questions which are at
issue; and an official is pot at liberty
to use the authority vested in him to
urge personal views which have not
been submitted to the voters for thelr
approval. If ome is nominated upon
# platform which isnot satisfactory to
him, he must, if candid, either de-
cline the nomination or, in accepting
It, propose an amended platform in
leu of the one adopted by the conven-
tion. No such situation, however,
confronts your candidate, for the piat-
form upon which 1 was nominated not
only contains nothing from which I
dissent, but ft specifically outlines all
the remedial legislation which we can
hope to secure during the next four
years.
Republican Challenge Accepted,
The distinguished statesman who
received the Republican nomination
for President said in his notification
speech: “The strength of the Repub-
lican cause in the campaign at hand
is the fact that we represent the poli-
cies essential to the reform of known
abuses, to the continuance of liberty
and true prosperity, and that we are
determined, as our platform unequiv-
ocally declares, to maintain them and
carry them on.”
In the name of the Democratic par-
ty, I accept the challenge, and charge
that the Republican party is respon-
gible for all the abuses which now
that it is impotent to accomplish the
reforms which are imperatively need-
ed. Further, I cannot concur in the
statement that the Republican plat-
form unequivocally declares for the
reforms that are necessary. on the
contrary, 1 affirm that it openly and
notoriously disappoints the hopes
and expectationsof reformers, wheth.
er those reformers be Republicans or
Demoerats. So far did the Republi
can convention fall short of its duty
that the Republican candidate felt ft
Necessary to add to his platform in
several important particulars, thus
rebuking the leaders of the party,
upon whose co-operation he must
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CHINA GRABS 10,000 RIFLES,
Believes Japanese Were Trying to
Arm the Rebels With Them.
Hongkong, China.~The Chinese
authorities have seized 10,000 rifles
and 2,000,000 cartridges in the har-
bor of Chin-chau, Japanese mer-
chants have filed a protest, claiming
that the rifles and cartridges belong
to them. ;
It is probable that a serious inter-
national question will arise out of the
Incident, as the Chinese believe that
for the
sn
— Re ere MR
rely for the enactment of remedial
legisiation.
As 1 shall, in separate speeches,
discuss the leading questions at issue,
I shall at this time confine myself to
the paramount questions, and to the
far reaching purpose of our party, as
that purpose is set forth in the plat-
form.
a Ta
Shall the People Rule?
Our platform declares that the
overshadowing issue which manifests
itself in all the questions now under
discussion {8 ‘Shall the people rule?”
No matter which way we turn: no
matter to what subject we address
ourselves, the same questions con-
fronts us: Shall the people control
their own government, and use that
government for the protection of
their rights and for the promotion of
their welfare? or shall the represen-
datives of predatory wealth prey upon
a defenseless public, while the offen-
ders secure imnrunity from subsery-
fent officials whom they raise to pow-
er by unscrupulous methods? This
is the ‘issue raised -by the “known
abuses’ to which Mr. Taft refers.
Poplar Election of Senators,
Next to the corrupt use of mogey
the present method of electing United
States Senators is most responsible
for the obstruction of reforms. For
100 years after the adoption of the
Constitution the demand for the pop-
ular election of Senators, while find-
ing increased expression, did not be-
come a dominant sentiment. A con-
stitutional amendment had from time
to time been suggested, and the mat-
ter had been more or less discussed
in few of the States, but the move-
ment had not reached a point where
it manifested itself through Congres-
sional action. In the Fifty-second
Congress, however, a resolution was
reported from a House committee
proposing the necessary constitution-
al amendment, and the resolution
passed the House of Representatives
by a vote which was practically unan-
imous, In the Fifty-third Congress
a2 similar resolution was reported to
and adopted by the House of Repre-
sentatives. Both the Fifty-second and
Fifty-third Congresses were Demo-
cratic. The Republicans gained con-
trol of the House as a result of the
election of 1894, and in the Fifty-
fourth Congress the proposition died
in committee, As time went on, how-
ever, sentiment grew among the peo-
ple until] it forced a Republican Con-
gress to follow the example set by
the Democrats, and then another and
another Republican Congress acted
favorably. State after State has in-
dorsed this reform, until nearly two-
thirds of the States have recorded
themselves in its favor. The United
States Senate, however, impudently
of the resolution, notwithstanding
the fact that the voters of the United
States, by an overwhelming majority,
demand it And this refusal is the
when it is remem-
their election to
terests Three Democratic
platforms the platforms of
1904 and 1908 —specifically call for
a change in the Constitution which
will put the election of Senators. in
the hands of the voters, and
Rreat Cory orate
smaller parties, but
the Republican
cause of the people on this subject
Convention
in 18064,
was explicitly
publican National
1900; it was ignored
the proposition
tors—and this was done in the con-
vention which nominated Mr. Taft,
few delegates from his own State
voting for the plank
Personal Inclination Insufficient.
In his notification speech the Re-
publican candidate, speaking of the
election of Senators by the people,
says: "Personally, I am inclined to
favor it, but it is hardly a party
question.” What is necessary to
make this a party question? When
the Democratic convention indorses a
proposition by unanimous vote, and
the Republican convention rejects
the proposition by a vote of 7 to 1.
does it not become an issue between
the parties? Mr. Taft cannot re-
move the question from the arenas of
politics by expressing a personal in-
clination toward the Demderatic Po-
sition. For several years he has
been connected with the administra-
tion. What has he ever sald or done
to bring this question before the
public? What enthusiasm has he
shown in the reformation of the Sen-
ate? What Influence could he exert
in behalf of a reform which his party
has openly and notoriously econ-
demned in its convention, and to
which he is attached only by a be-
lated expression of personal fnclina-
tion?
The Gateway to Other Reforms.
“Shall the people rule?” Every
remedial measure of a national ehar-
a must run the gauntlet of the
Senate ~ The President may person-
ally incline toward a reform: the
House may consent to it; but as long
as the Benate obstruets the reform,
the people must wait. The President
may heed a popular demand; the
House may yield to public opinion;
but as long as the Senate is defiant
the rule of the people is defeated.
The Democratic platform very prop-
erly describes the popular election of
Senators as “the gateway to other
national reforms.” Shall we open the
gate, or shall we allow the exploit-
ing interests to bar the way by the
control of this branch of the Federal
Legislature? Through a Democratic
victory, and through a Democratic
victory only, can the people secure the
popular election of Senators. The
smaller parties are unable
this reform; the Re
under {ts present 1 ership, is reso-
lutely opposed to it; the Demoeratic
Shot Man Who Stole His Wife,
Abe W. Cohn was shot and killed
by Charles W. Moore when about to
leave Trinidad, Col., in company with
Mrs. Moore on a train. He was a
son of a Jewish rabbi, formerly a
resident of Chicago, Mrs. Moore said.
ublican party,
Alleged Deserter Killed,
William FP. English, a private in
Company 115, Coast Artillery, await-
ing trial for desertion, was shot and
Ki by a guard at the enld
by baa Cal, Ww Presid 1 lk
parly stands for it and has boldly de-
manded it. if I am elected to the
Presidency, those who are elecied
upon the ticket with me will be, like
myself, pledged to this reform, and 1
shall convene Congress in exiraor-
dinary session immediately after ine
auguration, and ask, among other
things, for the fulfillment of this plat-
form pledge.
House Rules Despotie.
The third instrumentality employed
to defeat the will of the people is
found in the rules of the Houses of
Representatives. Our platform points
out that “the House of Representa-
tives was designed by the fathers of
the Constitution, to be the popylar
branch of our Government, responsive
to the public will,” and adds:
“The House of Representatives, as
controlled in recent years by the Re-
publican party, has ceased to be a de-
liberative and legislative body, re-
sponsive to the will of a majority of
the members, but has come under the
absolute domination of thé Speaker,
who has entire control of its delibera-
tions and powers of legislation.
“We have observed with amaze-
ment the popular branch of our Fed-
eral Government helpless to obtain
either the consideration or enactment
of measures desired by a majority of
its members.”
This arraignment is fully justified.
The reform Republicans in the House
of Representatives, when in the
minority in their own party, are as
helpless to obtain a hearing or to
secure fa vote Upon a4 Measure as are
the Democrats In the recant session
of the present Congress there was a
considerable element in the Republi-
can party favorable to remedial legis-
lation; but a few leaders, in contro!
of the organization, despotically sup-
pressed these members, and thus
forced a real majority in the House
to submit to a well organized minasr-
ity. The Republican National Con-
vention, instead of rebuking this at-
tack upon popular government, eulo-
gized Congress and nominated as the
Republican candidate for Vice-Presi-
dent one of the men who shared in
the responsibility for the coercion of
the House. Our party demands that
“the House of Representatives shall
agaln becomes a deliberative body,
controlled by a majority of the peo-
ple’s representatives, and not by the
Speaker.” and is pledged to adopt
direct its deliberations and control
legislation.”
“Shall the people rule?”
not do eo unless they can control the
House of Rr and
through thelr representatives in
House give expression to their
poses and their desires. The
liean party is committed to the meth-
ods now in vogue
Representatives;
party is pledged to
the rules as will bring t
branch of the Federal Gos
into harmony with the {deas
They can-
ens egentat ive o,
pur-
tepub-
the Democrat ie
such a revision «
he poi
srnment
Lig
LH
who framed our Constitution
our Government
Other Issues Discussed Later,
‘Shall the people rule?’ I repeat
and as the
campaign progresses | shall take oe-
casion to discuss this question as it
8 itself in other fssues: for,
whether we consider the tariff oues-
tion, the trust question, the railroad
question, the banking question, the
labor question, the question of im-
perialism, the development of onr
waterways, or any other of the nu-
merous problems which press for so-
lution, we shall find the real question
question,
asset of favor-seeking corporations,
or be an instrument in the hands of
the people for the advancement of
the common weal
Party Has Earned Confidence.
If the voters are satisfied with the
record of the Republican party and
with its management of public af-
fairs we cannot reasonably ask for a
change in sdministration; if. how-
ever, the voters feel that the people,
as a whole, have too little influence
in shaping the policies of the Gov-
ernment; if they feel that great com-
binations of capital have encroached
upon the rights of the masses. and
employed the instrumentalities of
Government to secure an unfair share
of the total wealth produced, then
we have a right to ectpect a verdiet
against the Republican party and in
favor of the Democratic party: for
our party has risked defeat — aye,
suffered defeat —— in {ts &ffort to
arouse the conscience of the public,
and to bring about that very awak-
ening to which Mr. Taft has referred.
Only those who are worthy. .to be
entrusted with leadership in a great
cause, who are willing to die for it,
and the Democratic party has proven
its worthiness by its refusal to pur
chase victory by delivering the peo-
ple into the hands of those who have
despoiled them. In this contest be-
tween Democracy on the one side and
plutocracy on the other, the Demo-
cratic party has taken its position on
the side of equal rights, and invites
the opposition of those who use pol-
itics to secure special privileges ard
governmental favoritism. Gauging
the progress of the nation, not by
the happiness or wealth or refine.
ment of a few, but “by the prosper.
ity and advancement of the average
man,” the Democratic party charges
the Republican party with being the
promoter of present abuses, the op-
ponent of necessary remedies and the
only bulwark of private monopoly.
The Democratic party affirms that in
this campaign it is the only party.
having a prospect of success, which
stands for justice In government and
for Muity in the division of the fruits
of industry.
Defender of Honest Wealth,
We may expect those who have
committed larceny by law and pur-
JUDGE KILLS WIFE AND SELF.
Got Her Through Matrimonial Agency
~=Courtship by Correspondence
Cody, Wyo.~Domestic difficulties
following a ma arranged
th h a matrimonial agency are as-
as the cause of a double kill-
ing, in which Judge A. KB. Swanson
ie ake ay one prowalnt Swan
Tr as 8) £ 4 s B® u
a bullet through heat,
tragedy occu
chased Immunity with their political f
influence, to attempt to raise false ie- |
sues, and to employ ‘the livery of |
to conceal their evil pur.
poses, but they can no longer de-
ceive. The Democratic party is not
the enemy of any legitimate industry
or of honest accumulations. It is, on |
the contrary, a friend of industry and /
the steadfast protector of that wealth
which represents a service to soclety,
The Democratic party does not sgeck
to annihilate all corporations; it sim-
ply asserts that as the Government
creates corporations it must retain
the power to regulate and to contro!
them, and that it should not permit
any corporation to convert itself
into a monopoly. Surely we should
have the co-operation of all legiti-
mate corporations in our effort to
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DIVES FROM TRAIN,
Oxford (Special).
events not on the program of an ex-
fans took to Atlantic City was an
involuntary dive made by John Dav-
ern, from the steps of the swift ly
feet below, Strange to gay. he was
not injured by his fall, except for
protect business and industry from
the odium which lawless
tions of capital will, if unchecked,
cast upon them,
good be made secure,
Not Revolution, But Reformation,
The Democratic party eecks not
revolution but reformation, and 1
need hardly remind the student
applied at once; that remedies in-
crease in severity as thelr application
is postponed. Blood poisoning may
day; it may cost an arm LO-MOrrow or
a life the next day. So poison in the
body politic cannot be removed
goon, for the evils produced by it in-
crease with the lapse of time. That
there are abuses which need to be
‘emedied, even the Republican candi
{ate admits; that his party is unable
o remedy them, has been fully dem-
mstrated during the last ten years.
gence as well as the patriotism of the
people, that I can not doubt their
readiness to accept the reasonable re-
forms which our party proposes,
rather than permit the continued
growth of existing abuses to hurry the
country on to remedies more radical
and more drastic.
Our Party's Ideal.
The platform of our party closes
with a brief statement of the party's
ideal. It favors “such an administra.
tion of the Government as will insure,
as far as human wisdom can. that
each citizen shall draw from soclety a
reward commensurate with his con-
Governments are good in propor.
tion as they assure to each member
of society, as far as governments CAD,
a return commensurate with (nd!
vidual merit
The Divine Law of Rewards,
This is &
When the Creato;
its fruitful
law of ards
gave u
the
divine Few
«
the eartl
' alne
and the rains with
if His voice
ciouds, “Go
:
where mis
unning under
pended this
prevailed
ernment to this law
ave a higher
a ra
legitimately
make
ODHar
All
am
the
Justice to
Recognizing thet 1
my nomination to
indebted
rank and
foun
$07
comes at all fr«
and
American people, 1
come, if It
unpurchased
gsuffrages of the
promise, if entrusted with the .
sponsibliiities of this high office. to
consecrate whatever ability I have to
the one purpose of making this in
mn
the
will
io every
ple rule--a government which
do justice to all, and offe:
matter in what part of the vinerard
he jabors, or to what occupation, vro-
fession or calling he devotes himeaif,
A — ——
SIX DEAD ON SCHOOLSHIP.
Students—Eighteen Hurt,
Toulon,
the French Artillery School
Were
explosion of a shell on the gunnery
schoolship Couronne
and were being shown how to push
the shell home when it flew to pieces,
All the men in the turret
more or less injured. Some of them
were blinded.
Decomposition of powder is the
cause of the accident, as given by ex-
perts, but the men who were in the
turret say the gun was overheated.
This is the third fatal accident on
the Couronne in eight months All
of the three occurred off Les Salins
d'Hyeres, the seat of the French ar-
tillery school
J. MONTGOMERY SEARS KILLED.
Sends Auto at 60 Miles an Hour From
Road Into Meadow.
Providence, R. 1.--J. Montgomery
Sears, of Boston, received injuries
from which he died later, and his
companion, George Saunders, of this
city, was seriously hurt when Mr:
Sears’ automobile, driven at sixty
miles an hour along the Apponaug
road at Norwood, just outside this
city, left the highway at a right
angled turn and somersaulting down
a six foot declivity, landed bottom
up in a meadow. Mr. Bears was one
of Boston's richest young men,
Ainsworth R. Spofiord Dead.
Ainsworth Ran Spofford, Li-
brarian of Congress from 1864 to
1887, and since 1887 Chief Assistant
Librarian, died
Holderness, N. H. He was eighty
three years old.
Reds to Play in Cuba in Winter,
After the close of the baseball sea-
son in this country the Cincinnati
National League Club will play in
Cuba, contracts having been signed
for a series of games during Novem-
ber next,
a
‘At Cape May, N. J., Margaret Mas-
terson and Katfo Rha
: s
few slight bruises.
where the
on water
Square, train
stopped to take
the
look
and when
stopped he got off to
about. The train crew did not gee
| him, and started off before he was
expecting it, compelling him to make
a dash for the rear car iy the time
! he reached it, the train had attained
| considerable speed and, although he
was able swing himself to the
step, he could not maintain his bal
i ance, and was hurled off into the air
Juet at this moment the car was
passing over a culvert and Davern
plunged headforemost. twenty-five
feet, into a The water wa
Just deep enough to break the force
{ of his fall, and in a minnte had
fished himself out and up
the bank to meet the « ts
who had stopped the train and come
back to see what had happened to
him. Hig escape is regarded as mi-
{ raculous,
frain
io
creek
he
clamored
XCursion
WOMEN SAVE MAN.
{ Special ) Promj
of Mrs. Paul
Haisch
! Lancaster
i tion on the
| and Miss
Hopp and
part
Carrie
Katie Hertzle
| saved Joseph Herr
of the same town, from drowning
The persons were attending a pic-
nic held at Weldler's woods
the Conestoga River Herr
ed to swim the
point where
He sank in mid-sts
sponse fo |
FOung
t
of
A YOung
BOTORR
4 " $ "Ey
: i Xie nd
women
FOAL fie
T
Oity is
SNARE BITE.
prompt
wound wil
Boulh Bethlehem
Rodgers, of
glee]
fares
itfe to a
seated on hes
f the
off
ror
she
f struck one ©
oreets and glanced
ters has collapsed from shock
Jacob Koelineir, watchman
rearby silk mill, was arrested and
sharged with firing the shot, He is
alleged to have fired his revolver to
! ‘righten boys, who are said (o have
i smused themselves breaking win
fows in the silk mill, Lr.e bullet strik.
ng Mrs. Rodgers
was
at a
SHAMOKIN GIRL MISSING.
Shamokin (Special). Miss Susie
| Albright, a pretty young girl, is mye.
teriously missing, and local, as well
as Philadelphia police, started on a
hunt for her at the ingtance of rela-
| tives. She is fifteen years old.
i Last Saturday she was put on a
| train here $0 go to Philadelphia,
where at the Reading Terminal she
by a relative.
! was to have been met
Relatives fear
{ He did not see her.
she was abducted.
MES OF HYDROPHOBIA.
i Wilkes-Barre (Special). Bitten
iby a dog three months ago, Joseph
| A. Rengrew, of Ashley, near here,
! died from hydrophobia.
The bite was so slight he
paid no attention to it, and experi-
enced no ill effects until Sunday,
when he was attacked by convulsions.
that
Shenandoah (Special). Mrs. P.
I. Brennan, a prom nent resident of
Girardville, was fatally burned. To
make the fire burn more quickly to
prepare dinner in a hurry she poured
kerosene upon the wood and in an
; instant the flames sprang out, ignit-
‘ing her clothing. She ig horribly
| burned from head to foot and will
ile,
Engineer And Lawyer Dies,
Reading (Special). George R.
Van Reed, a well-knbwn retired law-
ver and civil engineer, died of
Bright's disease, aged 556 years. He
helped lay out the route of the
jchuylkill Division of the Pennsylva-
sia Railroad in 1883. He was a son
yf the late Judge Henry Van Reed.
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Life-Saving Device Kills,
Beranton (Special) While 8-year.
sid Nathan Leet Sullivan was roller
skating In Oakford Coart, directly
apder the windows of his home, he
was killed by the dropping of a 200
pound weight which was used to keep
Are. mease in-uce on an alot
i ullding. e wire ro
Lr the Eiht had
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TELEPHONE LINES COMBINE.
Harrisburg (Special ).-——The Con-
Telephone Companies, a
combination of independent
phone companies, with headquarters
Allentown, became a part of the
The deal
was ef-
tee
by which the consolidation
been made in this region in many
The Consolidated Companies Op-
eight of the richest counties of
the Btate, namely, Lackawanna, Lu
zerne, Carbon, Northampton, Lehigh,
Berks, Montgomery and Bucks, as
well as the territory in New Jersey
east of the Delaware Riv from
Belvidere to Trenton In con
sollaated system are over 20.000
telephones and nearly ten tho
miles of toll eircuits
The officers of the
organization are presi
Orvis, Bellefonte, Pa : vice president
F. D. Houck, Harrisburg. Pa
retary and treas R. Ca
Harrisburg. Pa
er
the
0
isand
consolidated
lent, Ellis L
a
BE
urer, 8 dwell,
BLAMES HUSTON FOR LIGHTS.
Harrisburg (Special)
painting:
Huston
They were
specifications
blame for the
foot'igh
was provide
quipment
houlder it
Governor
the
HIGHWAYMAN CAPTL
2 5
Pare Food Delegates Poisoned,
Altoon !
ust, daughter of
a (Special) Miss
Dairy
ymmissioner Fous
eating col
Mich., whit
father to the pur
Several delegate
violently ill
tion
made
Receivers To Be Discharged.
York (Special)-—M, G. Collins and
Captain W. H. Lanius, the two re-
ceivers who have been operating the
mills of the York Silk Manufacturing
Company, have been discharged At
a fneeting of the stockholders a plan
was approved io float bonds to the
amount of $750,000
STATE ITEMS
John Clouser, aged 8 vears, was
drowned in the Swatara Creek near
Middletown, within seventy-five feet
of where his father was working.
The boy went swimming and got be-
yond his depth. His father did not
hear his cries for help
Fair an” hot weather favored the
Harvest Home picnic for southern
Pennsylvania farmers at Mount Holly
Springs, and the attendance was es
timated at 15,000,
Miss Sallie Elizabeth Blatt and
Herbert J. Berns, of Reading, eloped
to Wilmington and were married by
Rev. Dr. Wolfe. The bride's parents
objected to the match, as she is only
17 years old.
Joseph Gaskey, who was shot in
the abdomen near Summit Hill, died
at the Pottsville Hospital without
making any statement. It is claimed
that Gaskey was one of a party of
foreigners who chased an Italian and
that the latter turned and emptied
the contents of his revolver at the
crowd, one bullet hitting Gaskey.
John Nels Swanson, who killed
Charles Bamuelson at Chandler's Val-
ley, near Warren, in February last,
has been taken to New York by an
Immigration Bureau official for de-
portation to Sweden. Swanson was
adjudged insane at the time of the
commission of the crime and it was
also found that he was of unsound
mind when he landed in this coun-
try three years ago.
Harry Smith is dead and Edward
and William Kashner were badly in.
jured in an accident at Hickory
Swamp Colliery, near Shamokin. The
men were caught by a sudden fall
of top. Smith was buried in the
dobris and his life crushed out in-
stantly.
A. O. Reynolds, division operator
for the Central Division of the Phila
Doar I en Ho
wi
, died at Colora, Maryland. He
years of age and leaves a