2 THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA., NOVEMBER 14, 190] N.C.RACHBCN ARRESTED | | Man Sunposed to ba Dead Found | in Louisville, Ky, TRIED TO COLLECT INSURANCE He Shipped a Body to Little Rock, ! Ark., In An Effort to Collect $4,000 His Life--is a De serter From United States Army. Nov. 12.-—Newell Insurance On Louisville, Ky {.} Rathbun, who was supposed to have Jeffersonville, Was been dead in a hotel last Ti Louisville Rathbun, arrested According which irsday, in vesterday the corpse Ind., | tO} ] Was shipped to Little Rock for burial as! the body of W. L. the poli © SAY Rathbun body Ten Eyke Rathbun has confessed desertion from the United army and having formed a plan to fraudulently collect $4,000 insurance on his life, but that he denies having killed the man who died in the Jeffersonville hotel. Rathbun States recruiting He is held as a At the d« was put tl and und ing statemen ol was The to Ntates to the United Loulsvill was arrested at ation In fugitive I in 1stice Rath! 0Ce8s days ago the inst dead surance sald his na: in front of quarters in of my plan Our plan some place fersonvill hotel.” Coroner states that of the enough lan For the group then said: “You man is met Army was y {lle are on the the Goods name ( man. | him in Hotel ion keep and then determined to several days When denied tathbun wiman lauda would have He refused 1a without requisi que } having given num, and said use of chlorofor to go back to tion papers Just he was taken Jail Rathbun made the fol ment to Chief of “I admit killed Good: and kept him dn but not him Mystery about the accomplice named Blanchard was fictit! I acted alone and without a conf i It is said that of a roving natur ame on Octol ip vation He told the Pelton, did not have money and did not know how would get out of city: Mr. Pe says that about noon last Wedn« entered the hotel and met an him a ment ing to money, continued G i Body Held For Autopsy. Little Roe) Ark., Nov supposed body of Nowe was turned terday and p an auntops thorities bun does 1 the Chief the followin made before back Detectis ovorvthir veryiain ian he died of alcoh forced to make way with us edqgerats Goodman to who was this at th the Goodman At rked t} Oc ie at tha COTPN nailice of 1 of poli ) N. C. Rathbun until further Have Corpse ¥ ar urd Miners’ Strike Averted. Seranton, Pa.,, Nov. 11.-The munity Is greatly relieved by tion of the T iron reinstating the alleged men and thereby averting a its 5,000 employes. What prompted the company to change its position cannot be ascertained, as none of the officials will discuss the matter. Prost. dent Nichglls, of the Mine Workers, expressed the opinion yesterday that the Temple company made the con cession at the instance of the other big companies, who feared the posal bility of a general strike being precipi tated. com the ac company In black listed strike of om nle nple Arm Cut to Pieces. Lancaster, Pa, Nov, 11.--While Wenger Ranck, of Birdin-Hand, was feeding a corn shredding machine on Saturday, It became choked, and In attempting to remove some of the fod der Ranck’s left hand was caught by the knives and the arm and hand al most to the elbow were drawn Into the machinery. The limb was literally cut to pleces. Ranck’'s condition is serious, Killed By Powder Explosion, Davy, W. Va, Nov. 11.~John Isaacs and Homer Frowbeil, white, and Tom Toleman, colored, all miners, were killed near here by the accidental ex. plosion of several kegs of powder in # shanty. | wan i | tifled | supervision REWARDED FOR BRAVERY Engineer On Pennsy Presented With $1,000 Watch and $500. Altoona, Pa., Nov, 12.-0On May 1001, rallroad engineer John Reilly, who was the mountain west this city with an empty en gine, Bre risk to his own life, stopped a runaway freight train fol lowing him The freight train was beyond and was running at such frightful speed that Conductor Jack Early, of Pittsburg thrown off and killed his train was stopped. Yesterday afternoon General Manager J. B. Hutchinson, Pittsburg division; Superintendent Robert Pit cairn and many transportation officers came this city and presented En. gineer Reilly with a $1,000 gold watch and chain and a check for $500 in recognition of his valued services, The inscription on the watch says: “Given to Engineer John Reilly by the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad in recognition of his cour age, judgment and sense of duty, May 22, 1901." Engineer Reilly's courageous saved the rallroad company the of many thousands of dollars. At the was made to Engineer Reilly, ductor James T. Lundy and Engineer William were rewarded q9 “ay descending Ol atl at control was before to act loss same Black for ach being voucher for TOWN NEARLY DESTROYED Ninety Buildings People Are Homeless. The to were The Davis town and ro dents resi Thomas to shelter tl the town four travel money driven fron Whipped. Horse Thief Publicly y 1L-W Del., Ne } as publicly whi liam in 1 Saturday by Sheriff Frank sen Decks jail Reedy tence } lashe hich lightest that statute ment of he noed pped under the which p ides for the punish Decker frail, an would ree thieves 1 man and eared that an very the flogging attack 9 5 su , Applied and Decker The WAS SOON prisoner, who appes ve ent iy when taken became comp sed after and thanked the wardens for are Storage Plant Burned. New Castle, Pa of the Lawrence 11 | The plant ice and Storage com- i flee "toy perations begun th expensive machinery bare walls | ia was story re of explosio fire watchman e until From Death, standing on the the tipple, 380 of the when the cages : under him. He clutched the crowbar and hung over the mouth of the shalt but « ot « The crowbas was sli help shaft I ae he attracted by his cries Chinese Exclusion, Hazleton Pa Nov, 12. Thomas Duffy, president of the United Mine Workers of this district, yesterday no all the local unions under his of tl! of National President Mitchell that resolutions be adopted favoring the reenactment of the Chinese exclusion law, which ex pires next May These resolutions will be forwarded to the congressmen representing the people of the an thracite coal fields Miners Favor we wish Accident at Launching. Richmond, Va, Nov, 13-The Chesn peake and Ohia rallway steamboat Virginia was Jaunched at the Trig shipyard here yesterday. Just before the time appointed for the launching some of ihe timbers under the boat gave way, and the craft's plunge was impromptu. IL. M. Seay, a yard em: ploye, had his leg crushed in the an cident, but no one else was hurt. The boat was not damaged, Rural Delivery In Delaware, Dover, Del, Nov, 11.-The establish. mont of the raval free delivery for Kent county will probably not be or dered until the last of Decomber, but it Is thought that the system will be in operation by Christmas. Congress man Ball is keeping in touch with the residents of this section and holding conferences, In order that the appoint ments of carriars may be mads iz a businesslike way. , I ——— ea EE a —— grate time the presentation | Con- | prege nt- i Burned and Many was the | is n| ' | MUTINY OF CONVICTS I'wenty-six Desperate Men Break Jail at Leavenworth, Kan, DESPERATE FIGHT FOR LIBERTY After a Fierce Struggle, Twenty-six Prisoners Escape From Federal Jail, Trying to Evade Recapture, Several Are Killed-—Posse Leavenworth Kan., Nov, 8, was killed, five others In Pursuit, One man dangerously LEGAL NOTICES. OTICE OF APPLICATION, - In the Court of Common Pleas for the County {Of Centre i Novem ber, 11x), Notice Is hereby given that an application will be made to the Honorable John 4, 1, Judge of sald Court, on Moc day the 20th day of at I! o'clock. a m., under the | “Act to provide for the Incorporation and rego lation of certain Corporations, wounded and 26 desperate convicts are | at large, as a result of a mutiny late | yesterday afternoon at the site new United States prison, two southeast of here, where 400 prisoners of the from the Federal prison, in charge of 30 armed guards, were at work When the began the lous prisoners had only two revolvers These had in of the walls of the bullding by some unknown persons Parker, of Ardmore, | T., one of the ringleaders of the of a necessity the stockade were trouble rebel been secreted one Gus mu tiny, under pretense walked to the corner of evolvers concealed © men ran to a nearby Rounding Up. onvict 3 Yi Them 4 Ar oF, Pa | ordered out ’ ¢ i mel the men coming ar red” Oysters. 5 . § ciue | York oyster fi sell preservaline sHming an hottest weather Of Johnst The been preserved Inspector Foust will the merchants proceed against Centenarians Dead. Cumberland, M Nov, 12.=Mra. Jo seph lLelch, aged 1 years, died at her home near She was marriod in 1828 according to a peculiar custon which prevailed in those days. Whea A groom lived In Maryland and a bride in Virginia the marriage place in 2 boat in the middle of the Potomae Unlontown i) here took Pa, Nov, 12.-Mrs. In clan Bearing is dead, near Fairchance, in her 104th year; Bhe was bosn in Baltimore, ¥d., May 14, 1795. 8he had 14 children, six of whom survive. She has 24 grand children and in all 145 descendants New York Potato Farmers Jubllant Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 12. ~Farmers in the neighborhood of this city are jubilant. Livingston and Steuben coun ties will reap a rich harvest as a re sult of the “potato rot” in Vermont and the shortage In the west, Many farmers have dug from 1.000 to 1.500 bushels per acre, for which they get 50 cents a bushel, Killed While Wrestling. Middletown, Pa, Nov, 1L-<Josh Clouser, about 17 years old, was shot through the heart and instantly killed, He was wrestling with a companion, Clarence Hickernell, over the posses glon of the weapon, when it was scek entally: Ascharged. No blame is ai tached v tue latter, ——— ——_— . miles | | Bal), William Sharon approved April MN, 1874, and ts suppiements, by samuel Fioray James Wert, Charles W, swartz. Wilham Martz and Michael IF, Rossman, for the eharter of an Intended corporstion to be called KE URL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF Tus BEYVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. the charceter and objeot of which is for the purpose of the wor ship of Almighty God, aceording to the faith doctrines, discipline and u-ages of the Evan gelical Luthergn chureh of the United states of America, and for these purposes to have, possess and enjoy all the rights, benefits and privileges confegred by the sald aet and its supplements MAN W.G. RunkLe x45 solicitor NY! ICEOF AVPLICATION, In the Court of Common Pleas for the of Centre Notice Is hereby given that an application will be made to the Honorable John 4G. Love Judge of sabd Court, on Monday, the 25th day of November, 11. at 10 o'clock, a, m. under County regulation of certain corporations’ approved Api 09, IXI4 and its supplements, by Jacob Wagner, Levi Stus p, Charles B. Neff, John A Slack, George B. Les and Calvin Spicher, for the charter of an intended corporation to be ealled "EMasvEL RErosMen Onouce or Tos BEYVILLE, VESNEYLVANIA, the cheracter and object of which Isto pr its members with the preaching «f tl tion of the graces, in ac faith known ovide i Gospel (LNA ti OroRnoe MM LAMATION day of (x " He C* BET FROCLAMATION Waenzas ige of the ALNOTICE | Ba N ed tha and chattels sot vishons of the A confirmed nisi office ofthe ( tre county before the A be confirmed abso Ihe s hereby given the following apart tof April 14th by the Court erk of the Orphat and if ne sl aay 108 invent Oo Wide ROP of ne telly inventory and Appralsement « periy of Hiram Sones. late persona er t Spar te Sarah ralsement of Atnes as the ATnvy ory and aps perty of Mast BREN the ate of REIT® WN Re pe rnonal pre iaines low nst deceased set Apart tod Lizzie 4. The inventory and personal Prog. ty of Bellefonte sf widow appratse ment of f James T. MeCulley ugh. deceased, as the » WAS sel apa w do Agnes A Mf Register's Offiee AG. Ane Nov 1 { the ale me ~y HEY LA SHERIFF 8 SALE ary writ Vendition Common me directed the Le mite, on By virtue of Sus vari Faclas nd t of the ( ourt of ny. Pa. ard to exposed to Put the bor bh of Belief I» ti SATURDAY, NOVEMBER the | rE bD bearing date February D “0 and In forthwith recorded, § ied and conveyed the unto William J. Potts, in fee p Aken in exe lon an operty of William J. Potts L180 messages tended 10 be Al those pertaly mining and » county, Pennsyly as follows TRACT NO.) ate Centre county aforesaid, bounded om the east by lands of Robert Valentine ot al: on the south by lands of Charles MeOalferty, Musser et al: on the west by lands of John Musser. the heirs of Reuben Valentine of al and on the north by lands of Willlam F. Rey nolds and sundry town lots In Bellefonte bor ough, composed of parts of five tracts warrant ed In the names of William Moore, Thomas dr, James Harris and tenements ¥ Centre bounded and described ineral 1 : Aha hits = ie in Sits in Spring « ' Hugh Turner, and more specifically deseribed | Bell, Civ Engineer according to A survey made thereof by J. M on June 25h, A.D, 188 as follows: Beginning at stones, northwesterly corner of sald tract ( the nee along land now or | formerly of James Harris’ heirs. and erossin | the Centre & Kishacoquillas turnpike, south thirty five degrees, east, twenty and one hall perehes to a stake; thenee crossing the creek | and the Bellefonte, Nittany & Lewont railroad south forty and one hall degrees west, thirty five perebes to a stake ; thenee south thirty five degrees east, twenty two and one hall perohes to a stone | thence south thirteen degrees west thirty six and four tenths rehes 1o a stone near a white pine; south sixty three degrees east, eleven perches to stones: thenee out three and one half degrees west thirty perehes to stones, theneoe south thirteen nod one-ball degrees east, twenty six perches to A white pine; thence south dn Awo and one hall degrees cast, thirty. one and one ball perches to a white pine; themes south thirty three degrees cast, twenty parchas ton stake: thenee, re crossing the Bellefonte, Nit tany & Lemont ralir ad, north Afty five degrees end, wighteen perches toa stake | thence south thirty nine degrees east, thirty four And two tenths perehes to a stake: thence re-croasing ‘pe ereek, north fifty five and one half de east, four and twotenths perches to a stake thence north Any degrees west, nine ches to a stake on the easterly bank of said crock thenes, re orossing the turnpike road, north foriy one and one-hall degrees east, two hun dred and thirty six ches 10 A stake in the middie of the old Lewistown pike: thenee south sixty four and threedourths degrees west, one hundred apd Afty-nime and nine tenths perobes 10 a stake thenee north flteen and one hi Tees west, one hundred and forty and nih perches to stones ; thenoe Friends’ Cemetery the hice rene and distances, to aris: dauth, © south, four ts ge { half degrees west | Hartis surveys iate Centre Trop Compan property | the “Act to provide for the neorporation and | | James ! Aer {ing id Poof Hugh Tarner, ¢ { tract whnshwp, | | Dunwoody John | | tracts | the | ancestors. by desas reenrded | 2nd i rights and privileges | quiet and absolute enjoyment of the same, sud toen perches to 8 stake; and thence leaving the Cemetery lof, south seventy six and one seventy five and OL ur tenths perches to the piace of beginning ; containing one hundred and seventy twoneres 172 A and elghty two pr perches: having thereon erveted a large, modern, Improved, hot blast coke lurnnee, together with all eneines and MAchingry necessary Lo operats the same. with brick engine snd casting ‘houses, botler house ware and stock houses, a large frame foundry and machine shop, a large frame roll ing and puddl ] \ six puddimg fur HACER » ft lwo story stone mn ofMoee bulidin “lent wp on hone ve frame tenement houses stone tenement hb oy St aid a number of small »t; TRACT tenement township at a marked the sion we RL KINA one hots Wine NO 1 that ceria un messusge, and tract of land ! situate in Centre county aforesaid eo ner the southerly Harris survey; thence south ’ four and one hall degrees east to a corner of pds former ly Of Grorge Vale thence by pine north seventy seven and one ball degrees west, one hundred snd twenty perches, more or less, Lo the line of the Samuel Miles survey thence, by Nathaniel Johnston and James to the place of beginning, con taining thirty one scres, more or and hay ing thercon erceted a frame engine house, with washers and mac! for washing iron ore and two double two single frame tenanent houses as the Nigh Bank of the beg! umes tine uN nery and ana known TRAM tenement snd rac and township, Banded lands of George Val NO certain messuage situate in Spriag mith and west by and on the north of Reuben Valen Jands fev {rs d east Hy ore twenty-ninth day of Jasuwiry A.D. cue thoy sand eight hundred and ninety one Kalzed, tallen in cesenution, and 10 he sold & the property of The Valentine Iron Compas y defendant, and Robert Valeolipe and 7) A erican Bonding & Trust Company of Ba wore City, terre tensats A LNG All that eeriain mes and lot of ground - inte mn Kush tow im South Phi pe burg) begin ng on Hemlock street at corner of BR. street thence along Hem | 2 feel to HARE ship aek corner rewt no degrees east hiss ‘ thence a fast 16°75 feet Lo the sau street. thei Krees west and being in the (1H plot or plan of Bouth si Hipsourg And another beg'nnin most westerly corner of South second street, extended and B street, thenoe slong B street north 67) grees west Inkl feet Lo Jot No 15 thence aio same north Kl degrees #ast 187 feet U Med extended, thence same south 8 degrees east « feet of beginning and being lot No. I side addition to Philipsburg. Therson erected two dwelling houses and other outbhullainegs 1, taken in execut) Old as zed ¢ property of Heese NON addition to r #1 the na ona street Lr Hisce ALSO All that certain messuage or of ground situate lying and being of Fu wirg, County of Centre and * of Penurylvania, bounded and deseribed an tollows Lo wit inning at a on the east side of an alley on Alder sireet in an cast tenement and in the pacost 5 eribed Hy metes and Begloning at a post situate degrees and minutes | perehes bounds as follows and corer « anda Hale: t nee along lands | { Gwe entine nortd xt. thirt atid oneh IW Or om ¢ | if thenes r Phe Sine Tet Tal the na ACTER Uriah Ws ther theres thereof in Lhe na acres and ® Hae # cores and | the name one n ihe name CIOs Ane nan eon thereon the Harris acres; one other ther Means nu the oom of other there name one ng. con ) thereo! MeCm t ane | : hnston, containing 2 s ot her {her there ne +3 { Thomas Johns ining 68 acres one of her of George Fry perches: ape other Thomas Ball, « thereod In ntaining thereof misiping ¥' at name of W am A conta g 24 res and perehes thereof in the name of John Coop aeres and one other thereof In Lhe miaining § acres f the Mie ore anderiving fam Kiddie: o the ore gnderlying 18 Pate the J sores underiying tact granted in Hoover wit of the W ATH Fulton, James Harris and Nathaniel Johnston one fourth of 10 acres thereof: out of iam Sharon tract, one fourth of MW» sores and out of the WilliaM A. Thomas tract SO acres granted to David Harter : and also ex eepting all ore underlying any tracts conveyed by Jacob DD. Valentine ot al, or any of thelr srior 10 Augu+t Together with the right and orivi lege of free ingress, sxvess and regress on the surface of the respective traces to search for find, dig, deposit, clean, burn, take and carey away all such fron ore or mine, with all the neces y for the fall, m the aud one thereof granted to Wi Sleabor Johnston tract eres granted to J. tract, Wl John ress Ty Ath of ing Lhe f the 1 of ou hn * Had jeot, however, to the payment to the respretive owners of said surface, their hetrs sod assigns of MON for each and every acre permanent!y occupied in the wxereise of said right All shafts or holes excavated in searching for ore to be refilled at the expense of the parties making sueh search.) TOUETHER WITH the engine houses, der rieks, boilers, engines, pumps washers, char onal beds, forge tools, Axtares, sidings, rallway Care, Carts, wagons, scales, piatform seales, incline planes, dwelling houses, stables, cabins artesian wells, mashinery erected an Any of the foregoing ‘ands or mineral rights, therein conidined or used nn connection therewith and also together with all improvements and machinery whieh have been made to or placed upon the surface of any of the above mentioned forty seven tracts upon which the sald ore rights ~ honvered, thet by Kdmuna Blanch. dor William M Stewart, the Valentine Ore nd Association or the Centre Tron Company, wines August 2nd, 1a, or Prion thereto, by the grantors of sald Blanchard and Stewart, THE FORRGOING being the anme propert which The Fidelity insurance, Trust & =a Deposit Company, by 1's deed bearing date the twenty-sixth day of February A. 1. one then sand eight bandred and ninety one, and a Book Vol # 4 ana therste ’ will mare Pally and ALRO THER WITH sll the corporate Hghu, by Juans and prin on the Valentine ron ny under hE hY Hitue of Ita { along | feet o | Kiiza | beth Luea | and | Re ! Long erly dire ton thirty five feet to & post, thence nA northerly direction along lands of OP Jones fifty six feet to an a noe westerly of sa 5 ne pot of ar ire wtain Alder » egrees west 3 ani the w? Niale aforesa Mi the acres and y story ram : » IVelsr estate B Wels the ers extate and ( Acres and J story frat re estates west by lands prrehies ¢ dwelling LTA all that certain tr wnship of Curtin, « f Pens vania ws! : 0 the north . the east by lands of § ns, on Lhe south by land trustees, and on wih Lucas ahd ¢ AY ands of J Ja00bN, ( 1 perches A. taken in execution and My of Mary Boyer. BR. P. Lone. T. A Hah Hagen, Wan, Hl. Long. John M Ties, Lizzie M Tice, Cyrus MM. Ties Ira E Tew Kilery Tice and John stratord. bb nf. La of Conrad and executor of Hannah Long th rr of James A by the west Haining 3 acres he sold as the p me. 8D Wm. A. Tie M. Long admin dreeasend deceased ALSO All that messuage farm situate in ieee or tract of land Howard township, Oentre county, | Pennsylvania, bounded and described as fol lows Beginniog at a posi near dogwosd tree on the publie road on the northwest side of Bald Eagle creek known as the Sand HI road thenoe along land of T. A. Long formerly James and James B. Ants north 4% degrees west 14 916 prrehes 10 a charry tree on line of Ohristian Bowe: 's land, thenoe along ©, Bow ors land south @7 degrees west 14 perches To A post. thence tong land of Wm. Leathers sonth 26 degroes sast 107 perches to a post, thenee north M degrees east 11 perches Loa post, thenoe south 85 degrees east 11 hes toa post, thenee south 77 degrees east 18 | 10 perches 10 A post, the nee north 1 degrees east | porches 10 & post, thence “4 degrees cast 34 perches to a post, thence north ig de Trees east % 5 perches to the piace of begin ning. containing ¥ sores and U7 perches pet measure. Thereon erected a two story frame dwelling hone, bank Darn And other eutbuild. n iso another tract piece or pares] of land situate in Howard © ip. *toressid, begin. ning at & post, thence by and of Wm Leathers late Frederiek Leathers south reas west Fos perohes to stones, thence north Tees w S24 prrehes to a white ouk stump thenes North 4 degrees east © perches to A poat, thense north 41 degrees west i perches to A post, thenee north 1H degroes east 10 perches 1o & post, thenee north th degrees west 15M to post by land of m. Kine north (8 degises east 14 psrohes to a post, thenos south £2 PANE 38 pore hes to a post, thenee south 14 degrees east 21% perches to a white pins, thence south #4 de Seen east Kf peso 10 the rg of begin. ing, containing 2 acres and perches net mMeANGe, Selead, taken in exoeution and to be sold as the property of Martin L. Gates, Tre No deed will beacknowdedgod until purchase money is paid in aa il Win arte: CYRUS BRUNGART. an, 9, 1801,
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