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CHAS. R. KU. Proprietor.
& ACCIDENTAL ”
OR INTENTIONAL
Additional Facts About the Gillen-
town Shooting
WAS ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED
Lovers had a Quarrel and Jealousy
May Have Caused the Deed—In-
quest on Wednesday—Habeas
Corpus Saturday
at-
at Gillen.
1 Ine interest
There naturally is much interest
tached ta the shooting atiray
of which made mention last
As usual in such cases
many wild rumors afloat
town, we
week. there are
gard to the
it is hard to
same and
Wednesday the Dist
an inquest at that plac
was private, so that
learned by the pu
Saturday morning t}
James
defendant,
the court room, at
as his counsel
W. Harrison Walker
retained
Hobbins, occurred on
very largely attended by people
far and near, more through curl
than anything else. In
shooting became known, tl
parents was thronged for
by friends and others wh
the
of particuls
over, and speculate as to how it
The
ed as to the motive {or
happened. ATE Many causes assign.
Of the facts in the
have developed
John Keenan and
her youuge
vears old,
when the at curred. They had
gone on a lumbe
for the purpose
was the Lucas
Moshannon Creek
occurred, from careful in
0 about ive
have
i id county
boundary for the two
wrse of the stream has
“ot
ana
»d of late
Au
ange
act of
TEevOIVEr §
he wou
that sh
next moment
in his arms.
There was no struggle between
1d as to whether it was
liberate be obtained
must
pources. I
other members of the family
t seems from the statement
that An
John
b nie
to
mother
Hobbins had promised
Keenan,
to numerous
they
marry
and the has
50 stated
parties. A short time ago
became estranged om account of
Annie the attentions of
some other young men in that section.
To this John objected and Annie told ber
mother that she hever would marry him
because she could not think of living
with a jealous man. On occount of this
misunderstanding it is said that the two
lovers had not spoken to each other for
several days prior.
The opinion of the mother and other
members of the family is that the shoot.
ing was not accidental. They think that
it was due to the difficulties that grew
up between them, in fact state so posi.
tively, There were some bruises ou the
body of the dead girl, but what these
may signify, remains to be ascertained.
encouraging
THE BIG STRIKE
The Coal Miners Remain Firm—No
Break in Sight
The tie-up of the miners in the anthra-
cite coal region was made more complete
yesterday by further defections of em.
ployes of the Reading and Lackawanna
companies,
None of the strikers returned to work,
however, the men declaring that they
would stay out until a convention had
ratified general terms of peace, and until
President Mitchell gave the orders to end
the strike.
President Mitchell issued a statement
to the mine workers warning them not
to pay attention to reports that the strike
was Settled. He ried that he had
i in conference with any coal
ts, and had made no agree:
COUNTERFEITERS ARRESTED.
of Clearfield County
Chief W. J.
gecret service bureau at Pittsburg, with
his assistants, T. F Berriman and I. W.
Gammon, Friday, captured what is sup
posed to be one of the most dangerous |
gangs of counter feiters that has ever oper- |
ated in Pennsylvania. For some
spurious coin in denominations of 25 cents |
and £1 has been circulating in this part of |
the state, and about 10 days ago Chief |
| Flynn went to Warfield and finally suc
ceeded in locating the “mint” in a de-
serted lumber camp, in the most desolate
and deserted part of Clearfield county,
The
first arrest was made Thursday at Gram
between Penfield and Clearfield.
pian, where Marcus Freedman was found
|
with bad money it
t, and taken
in his pocket,
o Ridgway and held in heavy bail for a
ng
Thursday night the chief, with his men,
went to DuBois and from there to Pen
id Thursday morning, driving from
L
1d
to the old Hoover camp on the
«1d pike, where they found James
ler, whom they
search was made,
Driving
ERTOUSLY INJU
of Stormstown
Lewisburg Track
the bac > was taken
at Sunbu SOON as possibl
Suicide at Linden Hall
iden Hall and vicinity was shocked
lay by the death of John Cummings
prosperous farmer who lived a short
distance east of that place During the
forenoon he told his wife he would go up
Mrs
Cummings called her husband at noon,
stairs to his room and ly down
but receiving no answer she went up to
his room and was surprised to find it un
occupied. She noticed the attic door was
standing ajar and going up the steps was
borrified to find her husband hanging by
the neck from a rope attached to a rafter,
The lady was terribly frightened and
running from the house she hastened to
the neighbors for assistance, On return.
ing to the unfortunate man it was found
he was quite dead and had been so for
some time. Several months ago he was
taken sick and his mental condition was
effected thereby. Just a week ago last
Friday he made an unsuccessful attempt
at suicide by taking paris green and
pounded glass. He is survived by a wife
and seven children. Mr, Cummings was
a good citizen and a kind parent, and
his death was a severe shock not only to
his family but to his many friends as
well.
Faithful Dogs
With his dogs faithfully watching by
his dead body, James Chapman, aged
19, was found in an old house near
his father's home, on Jacoby mountain,
pear Williamsport, Sunday morning.
In the young man's right side was a ter.
| rible wound causea by a heavy charge
of buckshot, Chapman, accompanied by
| two dogs, had gone out coon hunting
Saturday night, It is supposed that he
accidentally shot himself,
Men are not like guns. You can al
ways tell when they are loaded,
A Gang of Five Captured in the wilds |
Flynn, of the United States |
time |
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1900.
OPPOSED TO McKINLEY
The Philadelphia Times Now Advocates the
Eelection of Bryan,
The political sensation of the week was the announcement that the
McKinley with hi
and imperial course to become a supporter of Bryan for the presidency,
The
of McKinley's staunchest supporters,
Col. A. K
jef in republican doctrines
delphia Times had become a convert, had dropped
years ago Times abandoned the and became
one
About a year ago the paper wa
At that time it
the future would
McClure remained as the editor in chief Annound
its bel and in
confesses that made a seri
for this cour
FOR BRYAN AND DEMOCRACY.
for re-election Now
two following leading editorials give their reason
The Times was {1
control but that of its
to dispense
lc advantage
ch may «
pot reckoned in sidering the 1
fought ar
the a
the tranquillity and safety of the Republi
The battie of 15g6 was
entirely overshadowed by sertion of a new and most dangerous
Centralization has been appreciated
by intelligent political observers as the great peril to the Republic ever since our
civil war: but it has been wholesomely and never
McKinley
proclaimed it and enforced it, regardiess of the wise limitations upon Execut
restrained by the people,
reached the appalling attitude of positive imperialism until President
ive
authority,
The paramount issue between the two great parties to-day is that of imperial
prerogatives against the true Jeffersonian theory of government by the people
and it must now be obvious to all intelligent voters that there can be no hope of
halting the present reckless and riotous spirit of imperialism in any other way
as the pext President of the United
than by the election of William J. Bryan
States. It 1s vital, the paramonnt issue, and it must triumph whenever the peo-
ple of the nation appreciate their sovereign power and assert the majesty of popu.
lar rule,
We are now engaged in a costly and bloody struggle in the Philippines that
could and should have been avoided by recognizing the rights of the people to
rule themselves ; and under the imperial policy, now for the first time proclaimed
to the country and to the world, the President inaugurates war in the far distant
Fast, without the authority of Congress and in defiance of the supreme law of the
nation : and has made and prosecuted war, and proposes to make peace, with all
the authority of the Czar of Russia.
The nation is thus in peril from the threatened subversion of the sovereign
power of the land that is supporting the concentration of capital against the in.
terests of labor ; that is debauching our political system by the open collection of
millions of money from protected trusts to expend in the national political con
test and that has inaugurated a reign of reckless profligacy and extravagance
unexampled in the history of the nation. It must be halted by the people if they
would preserve their own goverment “of the people, by the people and for the
people ;*' and it can be done only by the election of William J. Bryan as the next
President,
The Democrats of Pennsylvania have a great duty and a great opportunity in
the present contest. They can become an important, indeed a controlling,
factor, not only in restoring Pennsylvania to a purer political system and better
administration, but in gaining for themselves and for all good citizens, an honest
ballot and fair representation of all parties in the national and State Legislatures,
Democrats have the cordial co-operation of Independent Republicans, and they
must be false to themselves if they fall to control both branches of the Legisia-
tare, and thus place the Democracy of Pennsylvania in a position to command
the confidence of the people and win future victories, because they shall deserve
the victory.
Halt Imperialism—elect Bryan,
PREPARING FOR
THE NEW FAIR
Large Exhibits and Elaborate Pro-
gramme of Amusements
ADMISSION WILL BE 25 CENTS
List Issucd Which
Awards for all
Railroads
Premium
Ala
Man's
Large Kinds of Ex
Fine Races
space and not to interfere with the free
movement of the crowds throughout the
fair ground. Persons in attendance will
direct horses and vehicles to convenient
places where same can be safely hitched
and there will be ample opportunity of
obtaining meals and lunches upon the
grounds at all times
Remember the date. Think how easy
| i 18 lo gel there and emo) yourself in a
real vaviely of ways, and remember that
only 25 cents,
the admission 13
Snakes Galore
The men, who were assisting in run.
ning the lines on the Hopkins' forestry
returned to the city.
They state that they never saw the like
that section of the state
They report that a Mrs, Ransdof killed
this season fifty-three
reservation, have
for snakes in
rattlesnakes and
Theo
sons killed on Fish Dam run forty-three
that party killed
nine biacksnakes and thirty.six rattiers,
three copperheads Huff and his
rattlers, and another
One of the latter had twenty-six ratties
-
The Drouth at Mahaffey.
5 The drouth near Mahaffey is doing
much damage to the late crops. The
Susquehanna river at that point has
dwindled to a mere brook in size and
fish are dying by the wholsale. Rail.
road traffic is impeded by the scarcity of
| water, locomotives being compelled to
go forty miles for supply. Hundreds
of wells have dried up, and pure drink.
ing water is a rarity. As a consequence
typhoid fever has set in,
FACT, FUN AND FANCY.
Bright Sparkling Paragraphs---Selected
and Original
ecome
has been
| to make the statement that he
next iegisiature 10 pass a
for the payment of the
£1, 00.000 which he sliced off
The governor made this statement
Wednesday, on the same day that the
mandamus proceedings were started in
the Dauphin county courts
ceedings have been
school directors Providence,
Montgomery county, and have for their
These pro.
instituted by the
of Lower
object the testing of the right of the gov.
ernor to cut the appropriation. Argun.
ments in these proceedings will be made
Wednesday, Oct. 10th.
cides that the governor's act in vetoing a
If the court de.
portion of the school appropriation law
the
anxiety to rush into print with his inten.
was unconstitutional, governor's
tion to ask the next legisiature to make
up the vetoed amount, will be apparent.
It now looks as though all the schools
will get their full appropriation, but Gor.
not be entitled to
ernor Stone wil any
credit therefor
Influenced by His Conscience
Jolin Kane, aged 60 years, a wanderer,
Monday found a pocketbook at Altoona
containing $151 belonging to Mrs, Charles
Shearer, of that place. Tempted by his
privation he concluded to keep the money
and stared on his journey eastward. Be
| low Tyrone his conscience got the better
| of hisevil impulse, and walkedgback to
| Altoona to find the owner. With the aid
| of the police he succeeded and wad re
| warded for his honesty.
Stops the Cough and Works off (he Cold
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