The Centre Ie acral. 5 Circulation Over 3800 REVEALED BY | A DREAM EDITOR JOHN A DALEY. | The Hustler, published at Howard, Pa.. contains the following announce: | ‘“‘Hon. John A. Daley has secured an option on this paper and will use the columns for Roosevelt and the state | | ticket, also for pare local politics in Cen. | tre county. No person can doubi Mr. Daley's honesty nor Republicanism and | he, like President Roosevelt, is against | Features Were Unrecognizable—Knew | the Shoes and Clothing— Brought to Bellefonte for Interment—Re. markable Incident The remains of Edward Gehret, the unifortunate young man of Mill Hall, who on January 220d last was drowned at Hayes Run bridge, were recovered Sunday afternoon. Edward Gehret was formerly of Bellefonte but prior to his death was a resident of Mill Hall ¢ the employ of the New York Central road und in as a member of the covcrete bridge gang, with three other men he was employed | tearing out the false work at No. g bridge at Haves Run station on the New York Central road. The water was very high and the ice was banked up against the bridge causing it to give way. Gehret | was thrown into the river and drowned | but the other men escaped with their lives. The railroad company and friends of the young man searched for the body bat failed to find it. Their search cer- tainly could not have been very thorough | as the body was found within three- quarters of a mile from where the acci- dent occurred. Gehret was born in llefonte and was 31 years old. He leaves a wife and a little son, Samuel 4 years old. The finding of the body is the realiza- tion of a dream which a Mr. Kerns, of Hayes’ Run had a few nights ago. He dreamed that at a certain place in the creck he saw the foot of a man protrud- ing from the water, and that the foot be- longed to the body of Mr. Gehret. He thought several times of his dream, and intended going to the plac: Sunday morning and making an investigation, | but was prevented from so doing on ac- count of having a sick horse. He how. ever told his brother-in-law, Alexander | Taras, the place where he dreamed he! taw the foot. Mr. Lucas weat to the | place and after considerable search found the foot sticking up. He caught hold of it and satistied himself that there was a body to it and sent word to Mull Hall of the find The water where the body was found is quite deep, John Roffe and Under- taker Kessinger ventured in and tried to bring up the body. They found that it was held down by a large stone which lay across the arm and shoulder, it took an hour to remove the stone and get the body to shore. The body was in a bad state of ‘decomposition. The boundary line between Clinton and Centre is at this point and part of the body was in Clinton and part in Centre county, The face was crushed and decomposed be- yond recognition. White identified the blue bathing shirt, overcoat and shoes as those of Gehret, The remains were brought to Belle- foute and taken to the home of his broth- er Harry Gehret where the funeral took place Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock, in charge of Bellefonte Castle, Kauights of | the Golden Eagle, of which deceased was a member, Iuterment inthe Union | cemetery. | i Struck by Lightning. { Monday afternoon a flash of lightning struck a telephone wire on Curtin street and the current lead inlo the residence | of Sam. Gault, It tore the telephone | from the wall and parts were thrown | across the room. The window sash was | broken and set ou fire. Mrs. Gault was sitting on the porch at the time, but suf. fered no serious imjury. Neighbors ran | to the house and found it filled with smoke and the fire burning but it was easily extinguished. The same thing happened at W. R. Rankins house, the phone was busted and the woodwork set afire but was easily extinguished. An Odd Combination. One of the most amusing things seen ou the street in a long time was witness. ed Thursday afternoon om Hepburn street, says the Williamsport Sun. A lad probably six years of age was wend. ing his way heme, and io each hand he carried a quart whisky bottle. He had the bottles by the neck, and on account of his size the bottoms at times dragged on the ground. Thus loaded down, the boy was whistling as loudly as he could, “Onward, Christian Soldier.” The com. bination proved a laughable one. Clearfield Raftsman’s Journal : An in- dustry that made history ceased to run last Saturday. Saws in the big John E. DuBols mill ceased to hum, after cutting one thomsand million feet of lumber, ~ Abont six million of dollars was paid out combines, trusts and rings, and being a | fluent writer will make the columns of this paper very interesting so if you want to know what Daley has to say | subscribe for the Hustler.” Mr. Daley is a forceful speaker and no doubt will prove au interesting and fluent writer. Ifhe gets down to the ins and outs of politics in Centre county he i could some tales unfold. The Hustler publishes an account of the last Republican County Convention and then says: “The above is taken from the Belle- fonte Daily News, which we suppose suited the Bellefonte ring, but does not suit the majority of Republican voters throughout Centre county, because it | seems that Bellefonte can concoct almost | any scheme and push it through wheth- er it suits the rest or not. Talk about harmony fn the party | yes, they have it but only on their side. | ‘The Hustler has been and always is for | fair play and that is what it has decided | to have. You may think it doesnot have | many regders throughout the county, but we are here to say that three thousand | don’t cover them, and also that it will | take an active band in this campaign as | an Independent Republican organ.” | BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1904. ROOSEVELT NOMINATED Senator Fairbanks, of for Vice President. A LACK OF ENTHUSIASM Indiana, Apparant On All Sides—Hanna Would Have Stampeded the Convention Considerable Trouble Over The Tariff Question. The political event of the week is the | Republican Nationa! Convention, which Tuesday, It probably attracts less attention than any assembled at Chicago on held in recent years for the reason that the ticket is settled, banks, and in all Roosevelt's wish in Roosevelt and Fair. the minor details matters goes, For these reasons there was a lack of in- all terest, and enthusiasm was not marked, The opening audience ou Tuesday barely half-filled the galleries, though delegates and alternates crowded the main floor. There were great patches of empty seats, Temporary Chairman Elihu Root, elo. quent and forcible, the personal choice of President Roosevelt, was unable by his really fine opening address, to arouse the crowd. There were cheers, course, when the names of McKinley | only two shouts that had the swap of Trout in Her Shirtwaist. Thirty-five trout, snugly tucked away in the loose part of her shirtwaist, caused the undoing of Mrs. Johu Tebo of Em. porfum. When the fish warden held her up near Potato creek. Cameron county, | he found that ber fish basket was empty. | Then he neticed that she appeared stouter than usual about the waist, Ian. vestigation revealed the smuggled fish, William Cought, the woman's son, had 32 undersized trout in his cree! at the time, and the mother and son were promptly arrested. The pair were taken before a justice of the peace, who fined the son $307 and his mother f150, This is at the rate of 10 a trout, the | legal penalty for taking these fish under | size. Neither of them could pay the fine | and they went to jail for the customary | alternative of one day for each dollar. Would-be Burglars. The farmers along Brushvalley road below Centre Hall are sleeping with fire. arms iv their rooms ready for use in case of emergency, as a number of ineffectual attempts have been made during the past an entrance into some of the farmhouses. Daring one night last week after the family of Gardner Grove in this had retired, Miss Anna Winters, of Lock Haven, a guest of the family who was reading heard a number of atiempts being made week to force residing vicinity to force open a window on the first floor, she waited nati] she distinctly heard the being raised, at which she aroused the members of the family. The noise made in doing so evidently scared the burglars who fled leaving behind window i them the evidence of their most unwel- come visit, a —————————— Impersonated Mail Clerk. | The Altoona Tribune says: “Posto | fice Inspector James H. Wardle, of Al. | toona, on Monday 13th, at Bellefonte | caused the arrest of Barney McClain, of that place, on the charge of impersonat. ing a federal officer. Last fall McClain, representing himself as D. L. Kemples postal clerk running between Driftwood and Red Bank Furnace, called on the as- sistant postmaster at Renovo and obtain. ed a small sum of money by his false representations. He also visited Al- toona, but fatled in an attempt to work the same scheme. Inspector Wardle took up the case and suceeded in run. ning McClain down, He was arrested by the United States deputy marshall and will be placed on trial in the United States court next October at Scranton, Dropped Over Dead on a Car. F. R. Stover, of Eagleville, while standing on a car ou the North Bend and Kettle Creek railroad near North Bend, fell over and immediately expired. It is supposed he was attacked with heart trouble. Deceased was emploved by the New York and Pennsylvania company in getting out paper mill wood, He was aged 45 years and is survived by his wife and two children — Christ Stover, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Nettie Stover, of Johnsonburg. Strawberry and Ice Cream Social. The Co-Workers of the Lutheran church will hold a strawberry and ice cream sociable at the residence of Bx- Sheriff W. A. Ishler, on Thursday even. ing June 23rd. The proceeds for the benefit of Faith Puand of Society. All are invited and will be welcome, A little short man often stands high in | the ground, knocking the other | from the pole. Tate was found to be the community, genuineness went up when the secretary read the name of Marcus A. Hanna at the ead of the formal call for the conven- tion, and again when, in course of his very able speech, Chairman Root said : “With McKinley we remember Hanna with affection and sorrow--his great lieutenant. They are together again.” One grizzied delegate was heard to say with emphasis: “By the Eternal; if Mark Hanna had lived we would stam- pede this convention for him in spite of hell and his own objections.” Everybody admitted that Roosevelt will be nominated and that Fairbanks will be his running mate, half the dele. gates of Pennsylvania dare their sor. row that they bave no ore xcept Roose. velt to vote for. Speaker Cannon was chosen for per. manent chairman. The great effort is to make the tariff plank a “stand-pat” declaration and at the same time hold out a promise for re vision "when necessary.” How to word the revision clause has been giviug the Republican leaders some coucera for several days, and the Sab.Comuaittee on Resolutions finds this the most vaxatious question before it. With some sprechmaking aad tempor. ary organization, Tuesday's work closed, secretary Root being temporary chair. man BELLEFONTE MAN KILLED. A force of men were busy Tuesday morning adjusting wires; they were about to undertake the work of changing the wires running ints the Cottage hos. pital, at Philipsburg, sayy the Journal. John Tate, one of the telep hone linemen, | ascended a pole to make the proposed change, and in doing so his shoulder came in contact with a live trolley wire, It proved to be ome of the sub-station wires leading to Manson, carrying 10,000 voltage. The result was that, in addi tion to being badly burned, the current was so strong as to mean almost imme- diate death. The instant the accident occurred, another employe began as of | | ately the march of improvement | and Roosevelt were mentioned, but the | high as 3.000 . | warn him. THE TOWN OF SPANGLER. | The following is an extract of an arti- | cle that recently | Pa., paper : i appeared in a Patton, If the inquiry were made, to whom be- { longs the honor and credit of inducing | capital to invade and develop the exten | sive coal fields of Northern Cambria, { and who 1n the face of most perplexing | difficulties which hitherto had been con- | stdered insurmountable, finally succeed. {ed in transforming the barren wastes of { this rock ribbed region into a scene of marvelous business activity, the answer | would be, we owe it all to the energy | and sagacity of Col. J. L. Spangler and { the late Ex.Governor Daniel H. Hast. { ings. As early as 1585 thes - gentlemen were firmly convinced that a fabulous amount of wealth lay hidden under the | and rugged surface of this tled locality, and a tour of i made by Col. Spangler confirmed his lief. Itis needless to relate what lowed Railroads were built, opened, giving employment to thousands and as a sequence towns commence spring up for the accommodation of the rapidly increasing population. As a well merited compliment to the pioneers of this great enterprise the towns Hastings and Spangler were 50 named, It is of Spangler we wish to say a few words For a few years after it was formed the growth was rapid, and of a substan. tial character. During the general busi ness depression a few years ago Spang ler lapsed into a state of ‘innocuous de. suetude’’ which continued for some time, but prosperity returning the citizens awake from their lethargy and immedi- com. rough sparsely set gs tye t OT we ' 1 to of menced Jas. A. McClain, head of the Spangler Imp. Co., started the machinery of that organization to work, and as if by magic a change took place. New building were erected, values advanced and the town assumed an air of thrift and pros perity. The population 1s rapidly grow- ing. Im 1900 it had about 1,700 persons within the town limits, today it has no less than 2500 some estimating it as t boasts of five hotels, six large general stores, besides a large number of smaller shops, two fine meat markets, two furnitur stores, three large commodious churches, one bard ware store. graded public schools, the Denlinger Bros. extensive oil plant, a $209,000 brewery almost completed and a haudsome new bank and office build: ing. The bank will open for business June 1st with a capital of $50,000 and will be called the First National Bank of Spavg. filer. Col, |. L. Spangler will be presi. dent with Jas. A. McClain as cashier A number of business Bouses and resi i dences are in course of construction, all being of a fine class. A f5.000 brick hotel will be built this summer and count- less buildings of a cheaper grade. The cause off all this stir at Spaogler is that there is business transacted at that place It is headquarters of the following coa operations : Spangler Coa : Maderia Hill C. M. Co. Colliery, Susquebanna, Derringer Coal Co. asd much | Peacock & Kerr and Pennsylivaria ( and Coke Co. is done there There is more we could write of sister town did space permit, bu close with congratulations on th of Spangler, with the wish that some day almost attain the rd of our own Patton - LOVE REVERSED AGAIN Last Thursday morning, when half of our edition was printed, the information reached us that Judge I another reversal from the Court. October 27th, G. J. Confer was badly injored in atiempting to drive across the track at the Howard, Pa., ove bad received Supreme station, on account of being struck by a | passing freight train. At April Term, 1901, suit for damages was heard in our court. looked and listened and then drove across; that cars obstructed his view and | BO whistle was blown or bell rung to | Others testified to the same cending the pole to bring down the un- | thing, showing negligence of the Pa. R. fortunate man, when he suddenly fell to | R- Co's employees, who testified to the contrary. dead when his body was approached, |%¢t aside. Ellis L Orvis, Req, who was The deceased, whose age was about 23 years, was a native, it is thought, of Bellefonte. father, one brother and one sister live at Yeagertown, and two or three other brothers, we understand, are living near Pittsburg. For nearly four years he has made his home with Mrs, Dewey at Chester Hill. Blasts Raise Slocum’s Dead. By the use of dynamite and heavy guns fired by men from the Second Bat. tery, scores of bodies were brought up from the bottom around the shores of North Brother Island, Tuesday. Search: ers gathered in 112, bringing the number of bodies recovered to date up to the ap- palling total of 845. Of these 700 have been identified, and the missing still are approximated at something more than 300. Many of the bodies last found will never be identified because of the changes that have taken place during the week they have been under water. The further the probe goes in the investigation into the New York York excursion boat hor ror the more dreadful are the disclosures, The owners, the officers of the boat and the inspectors are all proven to have been recklessly indifferent to thelr duties and His mother is dead, and his | | Confer's attorney,carried the case to the | Supreme Court and last week it filed its opinion completely reversing Judge Love on almost every point, A New Episcopal Diocese. : At the meeting of the Episcopal Dio- cese of Central Pennsylvania, held at Williamsport on 15th, it was decided to divide the diocese and establish a new one out of the archdeaconries of Harris. burg and Williamsport. The arch dea. conties of Scranton and Reading remain in the old diocese. says he does not know whether he will remain in the old diocese or take the bishopric otf the new one, The new dlocese’s arm will embrace the counties of Polter, Clinton, Tioga, Lycoming, Sullivan, Centre, Union, Northumberland, Montour, Columbia, Blair, Huntingdon, Mifin, Snyder, Juniata, Perry, Cumberland, Dauphin, Bedford, Fulton, Franklin, Adams, York and Laocaster, 0dd Fellows’ Picnic. The Odd Fellows of Centre county will havea plenic on Friday, June 24th, in Kreamer's woods at State College. It will be an all.day picnic with a baseball game and speeches in the afternoon, Confer claimed that he stopped, The jury rendered a verdict | | of $4000 for Confer, which Judge Love | Bishop Talbot, who has the choles, | OUR HISTORICAL REVIEW Peculiar Experience of a Party of Hunters. FIRST TEACHERS INSTITUTE in Centre County Was Held at Oak Hall-—-Was Pronounced and Encouraged and the Party Vote a Success Politics in 1820 November 1 from Williamsport near M: to engage in day walking te arrived late tering the hut for odgit or arrested their att a light and dead man lying They night had bung the cabin were eight miles from a house; her sable curtains and { unloosed all her hobgoblins, not to men- tion the droves of wolves, bears, panthers | and wildcats which always infest the woods after dark, But these and were with went tart the their than they came off, and down the dark and winding path in cheesecakes ofa d compared society ead man On knapsacks quicker by odds Indian style, except t pt that no one was behind, they scampered with sinews as eiajtic as if they had renewed oeen with rest and provende: At two miles the they cond did not venture in; who could they reached se hanty tell upon eutering they might not another dead map, perhaps two, and indeed it was not dozen. improbable to They restived, fine ana a therefore, to encamp out- side, build a fire, i and awaited daylight, a part of the the settlements assistance to re. and dispatched Company to for move the dead ner, Esq, held an inquest on the 17th on the body of the man who was thu man. Joseph Baumgar. of Eagleville, ¢ found in George Furst's camp, on thirteen miles above The inquest judged him about thirty years old. An emply pocket book, a comb and razor were ali, save his clothing, found upo : the un. known dead Beeck Creek, about its mouth In the summer « was hb : W ed the st was elected county surveyor over Waring iam H. Blair ate iE G2 aIoriLy A vote was had on the and county ticket, bavi in the county amendment to the Coustilution making of the ud judges and associates of the several courts the judges Supreme Court elective. The vote in Centre county was 1537 for the amendment, 1038 against it, making a majority of $99 for the amend. Bellefonte, which against it. Bellefonte the Democratic ment Except in stood 88 for and gt gave 49 majority for State ticket, Teachers’ institutes were the result of a recommendation of the State Conven. | tion held Jan. 16 and 17, 1850, for their formation in the several counties of the { Commonwealth. In pursuance of this, | W. G. Waring published, Feb. 13, 1850, {a call addressed to those interested in education to meet at April court. The meeting, April 224, was presided over [by Rev. James Linn, when a committee | consisting of George Livingston, Andrew | Gregg, and J. P. Packer was appointed, The citizens ot Oak Hall School Dis- | trict having extended au invitation for | the first institute to be held there, the above committee called a meeting of | teachers for Monday, September 3oth, { at Oak Hall, There was a small attend- | ance, but the meeting was organized on the afternoon of October 1st by choice of { Reuben Hunter, chairman, and John H, | Hahn, secretary. A constitution was adopted, and the officers for the ensuing year elected by ballot, as follows : James H. Rankin, Esq , president; George W. Haines and Robert Waring, vice pesidents ; James M. Blair, correspond. cording secretary; J]. M, McMinn, libra. rian; John H, Hohn, treasurer, In the evening a spirited meeting was held, addressed by the presidest and Messrs, Thomas, Holohan, McMinn, Rote, Blair, Haines, Heckendorn, who were followed by several of the citicusa. The citizens then present thereupon held a meeting, and on motion of Joseph Baker, HKsq, seconded by Henry 8S. Baker and Christian Dale, adopted and signed the following resolution, which was directed to be incorporated in the Continued on page 4. ing secretary; William G, Waring, re. | VOL. 26. XO. FACT, FUN AND FANCY, Bright Sparkling Paragraphs —Selected and Original HOW THEY DO 11 ¢ weekly meet ¢ heathen ws down 4 A boil 1 but its different with a corn generally comes to a heac That comes to the foot When hig best girl, it’s just as well to a fellow difference with split the difference That a girl doesn’t mind wearing her heart ou | wear a diamond on he: There were 1 of the prodigal son dicted to the fatted The man who is a o itches and the E oCer | criticise the financial workings of 7 with a new watch who keeps bag er he gets it should } chamois more than one x aft have been a Weary say to yer when yer asked Hungry Higgins—'‘She di did that lady ‘er fur greb ?”’ Walker-—""what dn’t say noth- in’ but ‘saw wood. - ADJOINING COUNTIES. reunion of the survivors of Bucktail be beld in Lock Haven this year. The exe- yet decided reunion The annual the famous regiment will has not upon the date of the cutive committee but it will likely be some time in September. the the Lightning struck barn of Edward Datesman near Elmsport Sunday even. ing at 8 o'clock burning it to the ground with all its contents. Five head of cattle perished in the flames. The loss is esti. ed at $2,500, which is about half cov- ered by insurance ve mt mal The executive committee of the Clin. ton County Veterans’ association met Saturday evening and perfected arrange. ments for the holding of their annual meeting and picnic. It was decided to boid the meeting on Thursday, Septem ber, at Agars park. The Penunsyivania Railroad Company reduced 5 in Philadel. week wor G00 emDioyees phia to a two-day a t the close of work on thousand the Nippenose Valley, i by fire Moaday of morning, white and vel- low lamber, T ed d iz one corner of the m . . he : 5 - ~ 2] pine he loss is placed at 500, with no insurance. The fire start. niver- sity, took an outing Monday For rec. reation he took his fishing tackle with him. On his return home David Burkey, a fish warden, asked him “What luck?” On being shown his catch, five small sunfish he arrested him as catching them out of season, and he was fined $51.50. The professor paid his fine; and said he should not have been iguorant of the law Professor Drum, of Backn.ll A dispaich from Lewisburg says: The | friends of James Hafner, Jr., Saturday paid $56 for one inch of a bull pup’s tail. The dog belonged to Miss Laura Hatch- inson. Hafner said the dog would be better if relieved of some of its tail, and he clipped off an inch with his teeth. A warrant was sworn out for Hafoer's ar. rest, but before it could be served Half. | ners friends settled the case for $50 and costs, which amounted (na all to $56. Workmen excavating for the cellar of a mew house for Charles Reinhart of | Sunbury came upon an old Indian grave | containing two skeletons. Nearly all the bones are in a perfect state of pre. seryation. Io the grave was found the | remains of what had once been mocca- | sins and 125 pieces of wampum [ndian | money and broken pottery. The ex- | cavation is on the river fromt some dis. | tance south of old Fort Augasta. Mr. | Reinhart will preserve the find. The Rev. Dr. Joseph Augustus Selss, | pastor of the Lutheran church of the Holy Communion Philadelphia, and one of the foremost men in the church, died at his home on Monday, aged eighty.one years, He had been ill about three months, He was born in Graceham, Md, and was long distinguished asa preacher and writer, world wide in repu. tation and prominent in all the affairs and transactions of the Euglish parts of the Lutheran church in America. The literary works and publications of Dr, Seiss are unusually numerous and ex. tensive,
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