ume A\ Centre Democrat, Circulation ver 3500 JANUARY C.JRT IN SESSION Memorial Exercises Upon the Death of Three Attorneys PROCEEDINGS FOR THE WEEK List of Cases Tried and Verdicts Re- turned——Report of the Grand Jury —Reported by 8. D. Gettig, Esq., for our Readers Court of Quarter Sessions and general | jail delivery and Court of Common Pleas Judge Love on the bench. of three members of the bar who have | passed away since last term of court. | E. R. Chambers Esq drafted by the committee appointed by the | Bar Association on December 13, 1902, on | the death of W. E M. Bower | Esq. read the report of the committee ap- pointed on January 10, 1903, oo the death | of Hon. D. H. Hastings and moved their adoption. published in this paper at or about the read the minutes | Gray Esq. C The resolutions as read were time the same were drafted by the several | committees and the writer will not reiter. | ate them now. | Beautiful tributes or eunlogies were spoken by the following members of the | bar relative to the departed, namely, W. F Cohick, W. E Daniel H. Hastings towit: Hon. A. O Furst, D. F W. F. Reeder, J. L. Spangler and John G. which the that the several resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the Court, 2 o'clock, in respect to the departed ones At two o'clock grand jury was called and J. Gray and Ex Governor Fortney, Judge Love, after Court directed and court then adjourned until convened and the | Albert Wal- | clerk of Philipsburg borough, selected court ton, as foreman and after being instructed by the Court as to their duties the jury re- tired to their room to pass on the indiet- | ments that will be laid betore them for their consideration. List of traverse jurors called and absentees poted After hearing more motions and petitions the civil trial list was called over and the ¢ following cases disposed of for th Samuel T. Dixon va overseers of the poor ~ from . pica non tinned pending settlement Haopah M summoned 1 township, the peace of Snow hoe aD appes decision of 8 jnstice of assampsit, Cor Philip Iddings vs Spris and g township trespass, plea not guilty Continued uo further surveys can be made Charles McCaffest: John Two pleas not of al ad minist va Cald we and Mary Cook cases. Summoned in ejectment, ty, and specia plea filed by Jeave Court, Continmed the cases being spect to Judge Love B.D and singular t Schoonover, ator of a he goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of Joseph Potters iate of the township of Cooper, county of Pennsyl John McCord, J. C Mall, non Cleariield, vania, deceased. va Jno >. Nason Hende ron and John A mt, summoned in assump pleas assumpsit and infra sex annos. Continued The first ease called vs Huston Cowher indi battery, prosecutor The defendant tenced to pay dollars fine and eight mouths in the cou Jail, for trial was Com tedd for assanit aad Theodore Warrendort plead guilty and was sen- costs of prosecntion, ten nty Amanda Ostrander vs Snow Show town. ship overseers of the poor. An appeal from jadgment of a justice of the peace, plea non assompeit. Plaintiff suffered a voluntary non suit, John H. Taylor va J. W. Mitterling an appeal from judgment of J. 8. Houseman, Justice of the peace, plea non assumpsit The plaintifl alleges that on or about No- | vember 13, 1900 he went to the place of | the defendant and bought some hogs and paid the defendant twenty dollars and then the defendant refused to let him have | the hogs, and admitted that the defendant claimed be owed him something on a for. | mer account. The defendant alleged that | the plaintiff came to buy some hogs and that he banded him twenty dollars and | sald he would pay him the old acebunt of | seventeen dollars and a half, that he gave him twenty dollars and he went and got the change, two doiiars and a half, and plaintiff refused his change. The Jefend. ant told the plamtiff that be eould have | the hogs at five cents a pound cash and | subsequently the plaintiff brought this | part to recover those twenty dollars, Ver. diet in favor of the plaintaff for two dollar | and eighty three conts, Com, v» Edward Lucas and D. C, Hall, overseers of the poor ef Union township, Jobn W. Johnson, indicted for neglect of duty. Sometime during the summer of 1900 Ira Heaton, the husband of Mary Heaton, a daughter of the prose cotor, was killed by lightning and his widow and four children became charges of Union township's poor district, sud Wg Sat =. } ase RINE Af hh lid W { of Bellefonte on the | last. | agreement an arrangement with the prosecutor who lives in Walker township to furnish a home and maintenance for the widow and children, where she stayed for several months and then went to Unionville and the defendants made arrangements for her and family at that point and sometime during last summer she lett there and again went to her father’s in Walker town- ship and the defendant's declined to far nish her any supplies there, inasmuch as tion was brought for neglect of duty. Ver- { the county to pay the costs of prosecution Com. vs James Toner, called on Monday morning at nine o'clock, | Sts with After hearing motions and petitions and taking | return of the constables ot the several bor oughs and townships, the Court resolved | itselt into a memorial meeting in memory prosecutor H. C. Yeager, { fendant is indicted for the taking of a pair { of shoes of the value of three dollars and a | | half from Yeager & Davis, shoe merchants | 13th day of December The defendant plead goilty and was | sentenced to pay the costs and to undergo | ingdon. Com. vs John Stiger, indicted for assault and battery, prosecutor George Eisenhuth, the prosecutor on the store porch of Everts’ | store at Coburn on New Year's evening by striking him twice without any provoea The defendant so intoxicated that he Verdict guilty and sen- tion. alleges that he was did not know what he was doing. tenced to pay the costs and two months in | the county jail, ve William H. Hunsicker, for larceny, Com indicted prosecutor William Tressler This case is from Benner township aod the | defendant is indicted for the taking of an between the heirs of the late | Thomas Meyer and the prosecutor, who is the executor of Thomas Meyer. deceased, {changing the compensation the executor is to receive in the settlement of said estate, which agreement before Mr in the estate, was signed by the heirs Tressler would take ont letters The Commonwealth alleges was at the residence ot time of the death The de- that the defendant the prosecator trom the of Mr. Meyer fendant is Mr 1902 Mr. is his vocle by marriage until July a grandson of The in prosecutor s [resaler were kept in a safe defendant knew the ometimme between reement was i ulsequent Y Lhe - tor that the taken paper and proto ised to the prosecutor and fail reeny and d Weaver utrix Fannie . 3 JAcoh traya’, pm a] th ase was called for tr parties settled the case The following civil cases on next week's f were o sposed of for this term George I. Brew, surviving administrator i, v8 of « Daniel H. Hastings, J. Hevry Cochran and H, “ MeChrmick Ww | y, Hast san, d & Company, summoned in ass am pit, 11 (reorye Jackson. deces w ho survive Geor ge . trading as J ee reed] CK ar i » lea non assom peit Coptinued owing to DH Emma C ¢ death of Ex-Governor Hastings Rider nned tub Edward Rider vs poena in divorce, Disconti David Robb vs, from Liberty twp. an ap peal the Auditor's settlement of Liberty township, non assumpsit. Daring the year the plaintiff was one of the superyisors of Liberty township and at the setiuement plea of 1900 of his accounts in March 1901 the Andi. | tors rejected certain items, cousisting of counsel fees, board of witnesses, court charges and surveyors fees incurred in | certain litigation in reference to a road werein the plamtiff in this suit was the | prosecutor which prosecution resulted in a verdict of vot guilty and the prosecn- tor to pay one third of the costs, and the | | Auditors rejected the items named as | pot legitimate expense of the township, | and’that he was individually lable and | | the plaintiff claims that they are legiti. mate expenses for the township to pay and the plaintiff took this appeal to court. Verdict on Wednesday afternoon | in favor of the defendant for twendy four dollars, Wednesday afternoon the Register bad the several accounts filed by execu. tors and administrators, ete, in deced- | ent estates read and they were comfi rm. | | ed nl si by the Court and unless excep- tions be filed thereto within four days they will be confirmed absolutely, Lizzie Bible and Anna Bible vs. Bor. ough of Centre Hall, appeal from deci. sion of justice of the peace Keichline ; | plea non assumpsit. This is the Centre Hall water case and was continued, pending settlement, Tillie Woods vs. Overseers of the Poor of Snow Shoe twp, appeal from judg. ment of 8 justice of the peace, plea non assumpsit. This ‘casetis brought to re cover from the defendant poor district they had all provisions made for her at | Unionville and subsequently this proseco- | | dict Tuesday afternoon of not guilty and | indicted for lar | This de- | | to take stock | story of gold hidden by Indians in a sink | : 4 | near Fowlers in Haines twp. on the once | imprisonment in the Reformatory at Hunt- Daniel Stover homestead, lately revived, {and connected with a degree of wierd { ness that lent it all the more plausibility ; | to the superstitiously inclined. This defendant is indicted for assaulting | Meyer and | | ment ithe reputed BELLEFONTE. PA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20. 1903. SEARCHING FOR HIDDEN GOLD of Excitement Aroused Over a Wierd Story, THEY EXAMINED A SINKHOLE A Bit But Failed to Find the Clanking Chains or Gold Hidden by lodians Invéstigation Made Last Week in Haines Twp of silver mines Stories mines, coal gold mines, and money hidden, coming | | by way ot superstitions tradition, plentiful years ago in while most were | our county, and | of these have vanished like | mists, a few still linger and find persons | them, in There was a | & great success at the start, | water than had been calculated. | Opposite was reposted | 50 WATER WORKS TALK, For some time the people of our town | have been considering some improve. | ments to the present system of pumping | walter at the big spring. The large | quantity used and the recent advance in | the price of coal has made the planta | little expensive of late. The new water | wheel recently installed was pronounced | It was at | first estimated that it was throwing more | Since | then a water meter was pat on and the ~the amount being | small as to be an entire failure, | Since then, tire firm that put in the new wheel and pump sent a man here and he provounces the pump out of working order and claims that it will do all that was claimed for it. He has been at the | waler works the past two days making | the tests, Connect. | ed with this gold thrown into the sink | by the Indians, was the awe provoking | | story that from that selfsame sink were | { heard proceeding sounds like unto the rattling of chains, caused by the spirits of | | Indians long since dead but keeping vigil over the treasure in gold dumped down { to prevent the whites from capturing it, | Many heard these rattling chains, asthe story went, and some believed, others feared to go near, and bangeriog to get at the is Todians in others still were The fact our early set. lucre. the days of tiers never had any gold to hide, wheth. er in the shape of money or otherwise, and their ouly ““lega | tender’ was hides of wild animals. However, a prospect ing party was made up last week, and filling a large sled, each one armed with pick or shovel, an expedition started for the sink dnd face the | chain rattiers beneath, storm the spirits of Aborigines long basking on the shores of all good dead ladiavs, and | make a draw on the sink for specie pay | determined to The expedition arrived safely at bole of deposit, beard no ankiog chains, saw po signs of de. parted spirits holding vigil over bushels of gold coin, nor even anything offering a sign of daring to molest or make afraid the se they Ten after th. nor did ine f rg of and relurned kers wea belmid buried there, an gold bavi g! reward 13 s or ; wv the sat) n had that one big saper. been punciured ent glory » . ’ Hal won i face the Tas sufh he man ol the dass this aps of gold coi OF any other county STATE COLLEGE TRUSTEES The trustees © regular annnal the Co in the office of meeting of the lege was held Tuesday the 1 Superiniendent 0 the Ca; building The ful owing officers of the Board of Trustees the year Presid Secretary were samed for ensuing ent, General James A. Be y Ih, George W, Atherton. Professor John Hamilton Execative Committee, General Beaver, Colonel Woodward, Mr. Hiester., Mr White and Dr. Atherton. Dr. Atherton reported that the aaditorium at the col lege for which Charles M. Schwab pro vided the funds and the estimated cost of which will be about $150,000, is well under way. In addition President Ather. {ton reported that several plans have | | been received from leading architects for | the construction of a library for which | | Andrew Carnegie has given $100,000. aver. Treasurer, Nittany Valley Hero. The Manila, Philippines, Times of | October 14, contained an article in refer. | ence to the bravery of Private Harry McKibben of the hospital corps, U. 8. A, [in pursing men io the Philippines who were {ll with contagioas diseases. Me. | Kibben is spoken of iv the Times as an | ideal hospital corps man, morally, in. f tellectually and physically qualified to | nurse the sick. His services during the | cholera epidemic and in caring for small. pox patients bas made bim a hero whose | name should be a household ward. Pri. vate McKibben is the sox of Joseph A. McKibben of near Salona A te Dr. Burnette is Coming. Be sure and secure your ticket in time for the magnificent "Illustrated Lecture, Oberammergau Passion Play’ on Friday night, Feb, 6th, mn the Court House at § p. m. The tickets are selling at a rapid rate. This is a rare opportunity, Do not miss it only 25 cents, No resery ed seats, «Don’t fail to read Mingle's ad. this | the Gerbrick & Hale | pumping station, { on the | this ¢ . MALLE RY ¥ } a { - On Tuesday, the Daily News contain. ed av article proposing the purchase of fivuriog mill and | Mr. Crider for a He will sell the plant water power from | entire ta the boro for a rental of $210 per month for fifteen years, at which time be would make a deed to the boro for the property, Ia this way the cost would be $37800. The estimate in the that in the course of fifteen boro would save $54 Whether that 5 & Conservative estimate, say. If News is years the O00 we canpol calculation of all and revenue from the plant it wou'!d be wise for the boro to act to the The be paid property is a for Mr same Lime, if it is itis acarefaul elements of expeuse according suggestion, this indeed price to for very handsome Crider, moneysaving one but at the mvestment, it would be wise 10 accept it, it would be well tor some of our build ers and engineers calculations | oroject and take into account the lo make outside limit of expeose and see whether yffer will bold out BOROUGH TICKETS. Local politics always © rited for the Feb fonle there woomes spi Be contest for the Cassidy unary clection® In er was a livey tax eCior romnation Wu und rn ¢ Blanchard republican and These the contest between Edm aspirant nil ag 2 1 ver CO CAL t her ‘ MOUTH WAR! KET Harry Walkey T. Donachy Henry Bro Jan. Beibert J. 8 Knisely Jadg Insgw Wise Count Se hin wn dome pi AC Mingle A Dir'et WEST WARD TICKET Michael of Ke Jonathan Miller Harry Fenlon, Jared Harper Hees Todg James Rine tor Alt wre Coupeil Allen Welaht Seho'l Dir‘et. W HH. Crissaman Inspe Destructive Fire at Oceola. About 7 o'clock Tuesday morning fire on the corner of Blanchard and Lingle streets, owned by the estate of the late’ Milo Hoyt. The loss of property is estimated at | $15, 000, on which there is insurance. The tenents were Mrs, McCrossin, hotel ; W. Brown & Son, bulchers ; tele phone exchange; Dr. Litz, dental of. fices ; George Jones, jewelry, Smutzinger & Williams, undertakers, Dr. Harman is Now Sheriff, when the sheriff is removed from office by death or from any other cause the | coroner, Doctor G. G. Harman, of Huntingdon, executive of the county of Huntingdon, and will remain so antl] & successor Is appointed by the Governor of Penn. sylvania. Opera “Nell Gwynne.” Friday and Saturday evenings of this week, the Students Opera Co, of Belle. te, under the direction’ of Mrs. A. Clinton Farlsh will present a romantic comic opera, “Nell Gwynne.” The cast is made up of some of the best local talent who have devoted much time to this production. It will be given in the opera bouse; admission 25, 15 and so | son of Albert Lyons. The law of the State provides that | 'AN APPALLING ACCIDENT | Reading Flyer Crashes Into Passenger. a MANY KILLED AND WOUNDED | ! Who Occurred in New Jersey on Tuesday Schocking Scene about the Wreck | Age-—Tore up His Will-—State | Laws Good Enough. One of the most appalling railroad wrecks that has occurred in the vicinity | of New York for many years, the esti- | mated loss of life ranging from twelve to | thirty persons, took place Tuesday night | at Graceland on the Central Railway of | New Jersey near Westfield, N. J., when | [the Royal Blue Line Express plonghed at | top speed into the rear of a local train, | after the crash three of | the shattered cars of the local train took Immediately fire, rendering impossible the rescue of | many of the wounded who were pinned | fast in the wreck. Many bodies are be- | . | lieved to bave been consumed, i i We The number of injured is quite large. | tin The sight while the wreck was burning Men could be was horrifying seen in | the wreckage pinned fast amid the tim- bers of the cars and strugg while the flames roared around them. The rescuers were helpless to aid them, as they had already been driven from the ling to be free wreck by the lames. One of those who tried to take out a man pinned in found | that he was held down by one leg near the ankle, and seeing it would be useless to do anything elise, is said to have finally leg and thea ¢ him to one of the parlor cars. severed the man's atried The wreck was due to the engineer he disregarding the block signal, and the is among killed a. - HASTINGS TORE UP HIS WILL. Ex-Governor Willing to Trust Laws of the State Daniel fi the on H 000,000 The late ex Gor who died worth fron O00, 000, fe uj be retur: ast immer made when ed pean trig Oh, pshaw '"" ex 1 the Geners Taal before the What a He had aime tearng.-ug { as good a will as e had frequently Application has 15! been made by Hasting Mrs Hasting Hic burt low A General Je nie kok. of stration the estate ria iy are, nteresis in Cam E w= months be cout perhaps, amor the largest held, and only a fe his death Mr. chased large tr fore Hastings had pur acts of undeveloped coal lands tn Clearfield and Jefferson cous. ties, Outside the coal lands, the ho!dings in real estate are not large FATAL ACCIDENT. Lyon Crushed Death the Lime Kiln. McClellan to at Saturday morning about half past eight a fatal accident occurred in the mill at the lime kiln of the American Lime & Stone company near here, by | broke out in the large block of bulldings | which McClellen Lyon, who had been in | the employ of the company about four The | months as a miller lost his life. accident was so sudden that it is hard to tell just bow it aid occur. Bat the men about the mill think his clothes must have caught in the machivery and was drawn into the cogs and thea thrown out against the fly wheel, His arms and | legs were crushed nto a pulp and in a | few minutes be breathed his last, He was about 23 years old, and is s He jeaves a wife whose maiden name was Lucy Hampton | | and 10 whom he was married only a few | | months ago. duties of this office devolve upon the | | namely : Edward, Ambrose, William and !1da, all of Lyvontown. The remains were was elected coroner ; owing to the death | of Sheriff Wilson, he is now the chief | He is also survived by his parents, three brothers and one sister, taken to the home of his parents from whence the faneral took place Tuesday. W. C. T. U. Star Course, The following is the list of entertain: ments, comprising the Star Course, to be | given in Petriken Hall, under the direc tionof the W. C. T. U. this season : Patricolo Co., Concert. ...... Feb Coit Novelty C0. ooovvvuive Mar 3 Course Tickew, Fi 25; single admis sion, $0 cents; sents 15 cents a ——— ———— I. Miss Gertrude Brubaker and Dr H. 8. Wilson, both of fone, were united in marriage at parsonage of the First Presbyterian church, Tyrone, on Wednesday evening, 21, Rev, Albert |, Weisley officiating. | But here | For VOL. 25. XO. FACT, FUN AND FANCY. Bright Sparkling Parearaplis Select ed and Original. THE GREATEST ERO, Here's a song for the ed man Who whistles nan, the strong-heart- and i the hours of the day sets a high LL TRL can And seatters prigh way {| We nlug of the } Who faltered Lest I a song for th yield In every-day We sing of the man Brave ead am intry end f hon name But here 1s true And w by Whose pat rest Who cheerfully | blue, And bright best cher me may be Kn *. where | ¢ cheer ' ¢ brave man andg To whom fort Who hum! Sut ne BEECH CREEK A st Ruggles, the you who was Eagle valley Jos. R for writing to his mother that be soon be found dead in Delaware, has confessed to the police avthorities of that city to having recently robbed the Righth Ward Merchandising company at Al toona. The stolen goods were removed after the robbery by Ruggles and his pal, s0 he states, to a barn cast of the city. Ruggles says be watched with a revolver oun the outside of the store while the rob. bery was taking place, with instructions from ‘his companion to shoot any ose who interfered, pecia K thi arrested at last week by ghinour would lin Gave Sooo for His Life. Harry M. Welliver, formerly of Lock Haven, is the defendant, and Mrs Margaret |. Beers the plaiotiff in a sen. sational suit filed at Pittsburg, wherein the woman's revo ver figures, Mrs. Beers a former employe of the defendant, eeks 10 recover Siovo 54 on a check which Welllver alleges be was compell. ed to give to the plaintiif at the point of a revolver toscit'e a claim made against him for his band io marriage. Welliver says be was in fear of his life, the plaintiff having once before shot him and was compelled to sign the agree ment. S50 be asks that the suit be dis. missed, a A Died in Baltimore. Sunday night, 15th, William Schofield, brother of Hou. James Schofield, of Bellefonte, died in the bospital fa Balti. more, Md , where he had been taken for treatment. His remains were taken Lo kis bome in Birmingham, near Tyrone,
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