3 iY ~The Centre Democrat. Circulation Over 3800. In January, 185, a movement was inaugurated to erect a mooument for soldiers of Ceatre county and a memorial to | Andrew G. Curtin, the famons war governor of Pennsylvania. Last week the committee awarded the contract, and when completed, one year hence, it will stand in front of the Court bouse, as indicaied in the above picture. be located in the public {quare in front of the Court house, will be 54 feet long, 28 feet deep It will be oval in shape and stretch across the central pavement leadirg to the Court house, directly back of the The soldier's monument will have 20 panels containing brouze plates, sufficient to granite, fountain and even with the pavement. a RR THE CURTIN MEMORIAL. The monument will hold the names, with their regiment and company, and the battles in which they participated, of about 4 000 soldiers, or more than the quota sent out by Centre county. above each panel there will be an opening of the monument will not be a:ched acr the Curtin statue, which will be 18 feet £% pedestal of Barre granite. BELLEFONTE ACADEMY Was Damaged by Fire Tuesday morning TO BE REPAIRED AT ONCE The ent Attic Burned off and Int: rier Flooded — Was Insured—The Origin of the Fire is Unknown — Building Erece | ed a Century Ago Tuesday morning the alarm of fire was sounded as smoke was seen issunivg from the tower of the main Bellefonte Academy building. The fire depart- ments were on hand promptly but the line of hose from the plugs would not throw the stream to the tower. Smoke was oczirg out from the attic and in a short time the flames cropped out in many places, The two steamers were soon in operation, and with a half dozen strong streams the fire was gotten under control and extinguished in an hour The tower and almost the eniire attic and portions of the third floor were badly burned, and the entire building drenched with water, The first and part of the second floor was utilized for classrooms and the other portions were furnished for students. During the fire the con: tents of the library, school fixtures and some of the furnishings were removed, while the balance is damaged by fire, | smoke and water, On the building about $8000 insurance was canied. James R. Hughes also had the furnishings insured. Tuesday afternoon the trustees of the | academy held a meeting. They will make an effort to have the insurance ad- | justed soon as possible and au architect set to work preparing plans for remodel ing the building. The paper and plastering throughout will have to be re placed ; the central part of the third floor is burned out. It is thought that by special eflort the building can be re- paired for occupancy by this fall. The origin of the fire is unknown, Mouday evening, during an electrical | storm, by a flash of lightning, the fuse leading into the building was burned off, | Tuesday morning Mrs. Swartz, living near the building, saw smoke oozing from the tower and gave the alarm. Per- sons who entered could not get into the third story, owing to the dense smoke, Some think the lightning Monday even. ig Ignited the woodwork and it smouldered daring the night. That is alwist improbable. The academy building is one of the old landmarks of our town. It was bailt in 1805 and since then has been remodeled. The original wails are solid and substan. tial, At 96 She Smokes 24 “Pipes” a Day. “I would never have reached my ¢6th birthday had I not smoked my pipe daily,” said Mrs. Judith Moyer, who lives about six miles from near Kutz town, Pa, in reply to a query as to what she attributed her long and healthful life. Mrs. Moyer smokes 24 pipefuls of tobacco daily. ‘After I am unable to smoke I'll surely die,” she remarked, That don’t quite agree with expert _ lestimony in school text books, 35s the pavement, but will in height, ire cost 11 be open 1 21 YEARS IN JAIL. Lost for thirty five years to his friends, aud believed by many to be dead, David Smith, a veteran of the Civil War, turned up here to ap;ly for a pension last week. The story he told brought tears to the eyes of his old acquaintances, many of whom are bowed with age. self is 70. After a service in the Union army, Smith went into the regular service and | served several years. He finally got to | Dallas, Teaas Oue night, becoming in- {volved iv a riot, in which a sheriffs | deputy was killed, Smith was arrested | and accussed of murder. He could not prove his inoocence and was sent to jail for life, although he had not fired ooce during the fight. Several months ago one of the gang who was in the riot died im the South, and on his death bed confessed that he was the man who shot and killed the deputy, and not Smith. His confession proved correct and the Governor of Texas immediately pardoned Smith, who had | five mouths and twenty days of the sentence, When served twenty one years, discharged Smith was sou at the time he was sent to jail, and with this he started home. It took him as far as St. Louis, and from there he made his way east as well as he could, When he reached here he had a faint ers, William aod Philip, but they are ali dead. He found several relatives, how- ever, and he is staying with them. Camp Col. M. S. Quay. The national guaard encampment, | which wil! be held this year at Gettys- buzg, has been named after the late Sena- { tor Quay with his military title, ‘Camp { Colonel M.S. Qaay.” Encampment {opens on Friday and will continue a week. Camp will be formally gpened at {g O'clock Saturday morning mounting and dress { tke day. { will parade during The annnal field inspection commence at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning. Wednesday and Thursday afternoons there will be division re. views, one for the Goveinor and one for | the Major General. It is also possible that there will be a review Friday after. noon for Secretary of War Taft, who has been invited to be the guest of the di vision during the encampment, ny I E———_—_. Begged Decent Burial. A stranger who committed suicide on the Normal school campus at Kulz. town, Pa., by shooting Limself through the head with a revolver while seated at the foot of a tree, left the following note signed ‘John A. Patton.’ “To Some Kind Christian Friend : Don’t bury me like an animal. [am far from home, no family, no friends, [am no dronkard and no bum, but afflicted, no money and alone and forsaken and nearly blind, Oh, how hard now, please bury me kind. ly, and God will reward you for your kindness.” Dr. Halley Takes Charge of Stetson. Dr, Lincon Hulley, of Bucknell, Lewishurg, Pa, takes charge as Presi. dent of the John B. Stetson University, at DeLand, Florida, at the opening on September 28. Smith him. | given | the amount of money be had on his per- | hope of seeing his parents and two broth- | Sanday | | will be quietly spent, theie being guard | On each side of the panels will be columns runniog the full height, and so that the view of the Court house will pot be entirely obstructea end of the monument will be a figure representing war, and the other end will have one representing peace In front It will include a nine foot brovze figure of the war governor on of the mopument and statue will be something in excess of $33 oco On the one The center the soldiers’ monument will stand o an of ENGLAND AROUSED BY RUSSIA The European Powers May Be- come Involved By the War. RUSSIANS AGAIN DEFEATED Loss Reported at 2000 In a Fierce Bat- tle-—Turkey Allows Armed Vessels f An Unprecedented Act | About the only important event of the past week siaps suffered a severe loss men feil Urer 1000 General Keller, with 20.000 Russians, made a night attack on the Japs in the upper part of the peninsula. The following brief account comes from Japanese headquarters, July 17: “A Russian force, apparently about 20,000 strowg, atlacked the fromt, left | and right ot the Japavese positions on the western slope of Motlien pass at 2 a. m., under cover of a dense fog. The { sudden onslaught drove in the Japavese | posts, but as soon as reinforcements ar rived the Japanese galiantly advanced to the attack and after severe fighting | drove off the Russians and re.occupied | the position. The Ruasians retired, their i 5 y 2 { tetreat being well covered, The fight- { log continued natil 3 o'clock in the after. {noon, and when I left the scene desal. {tory firicg was still proceeding.” The Russian general reports their loss | as exceeding 1000, | A dispatch from Tokio says: ‘ ‘The | Japanese losses in the figating at Motien | Pass and its vicinity Sunday were 299 | killed or wounded. Gen. Kuroki estima- | { ted that the Russians lost 2,000 men.” | No special news comes from Port Ar. The situation is unchavged and i thar, the Russians are in possession of the | | Japanese in an attack, proves a fake. 4000 JAPS KILLED A dispatch from Chefoo yesterday {says : A junk with eight Russians and and fifty Chinese on board arrived here | | this afternoon, five days from Port Ar. | The Chivese say that on July 11 | and 12 the Japanese captured and oc. | cupied with four thousand men ane of | thar. the eastern forts near Port Arthar, Before reinforcements arrived the Rus- i sians cut off the four thousand troops in the fort and exploded mines, which re- sulted in the killing of every japanese firmed, ENGLAND AROUSED. Several armed Russian vessels were permitted by Turkey to pass through the Dardanelles from the Black sea which have been holding up other vessels searching their cargoes for comtraband supplies for Japan. This act has aroused England and complications may follow. A late dispatch from London says : In Brithish official circles the recent seizures and overhauling of British ships in the Red Sea by the Russian Volunteer Fleet steamers Smolensk and 3t. Petersburg are regarded as very grave international incidents. The British law officers acknowledge the right of the Russians to seize and de. tain mails provided that only official communications are taken, but they take the most serio=: view of the status 11 feet high, and of Barre | | to Pass Through the Dardanelles— | in the war in the far East was an engagement by which the Rus | | fortifications. The reported loss of 30,0c0 | soldier there. This despatch is not con | BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1904. | of the two Russian ships patrolling the Red Sea, and if any official action or | protest ensues it will be chiefly in regard to the passage of these erstwhile ( their subsequent transformation into ships of war. The effect on the Stock Exchange was seen in a heavy fall in Consols and other gilt-edge d securities on fears of international complicaticss. Tuesday and it is understood the ques. consideration, {drawn up, embodying the British Gov. { ernment’s formal protest to Russia, and | will immediately be forwarded to { Czar by a King's messenger, | The action of the Russian Volunteer { Fleet vessels in stopping neutral ships in | the Red Sea to search for contraband of war, that instigated by Great Britain, it | will at least lead to an interchavge of | views between the Powers siguatory to | the treaty of Paris, regarding the status | of the remaining ships of the Volunteer Fleet now in the Black Sea. Thus the jold question of the Dardanelles may | again become the subject of important diplomatic communications, Great Brit ain’'s shipping being the most directly involved, the indications are that she { will tnsist upon a definition of the status of the Volunteer Fleet vessels still in the Black Sea. Business Men's Picnic Monday afternoon a « h ymmittee of the business Centre C Fallon House, Lock Hae men, representing and inton counties he a meeting att en, for the pur. pose of arranging for the aunual Busi- uess Men's Picnic this year Both coun ties were fully represented and the ses. sion was unat for Thursday, August the day set for the picnic at Hecla Park Various committees were appointed and mous continuing the gathering ih, was the session adjourned to meet at the Brockerhoff House, Monday evening Aug ust 1st, to hear reports from the various counties and attend to necessary arrange. ments. This proves to be one of the largest gatherings atthe park, and this year it will be of special interest as an elegant Pollowing are the committees appoint. ed: Arrangements ~George W. Mason, J. Will Conley, J.C. Meyer, Finance—H. Sechler, T. ] John M. Ballock, Phil. D bert Rothrock. Printing J. 1 ericks, Amusements] Gearhart, Sidoey MacDonald. Closing —~T. H. Harter, J. C. McCloskey, E. C Music~—P. P. Rittman, Meek, H. P. Harris Speakers], T. Capper, W Walker. Saaull, Sr., Foster, Her Olewine, G, W. Fred D Kramrine, G Sourbeck, George WwW. A. D. 1. McNaul Tuten George R Harrison Re ——— Wreck on the Mountain. Saturday evening as the local freight was coming down the mountain from Snow Shoe a flange on a car whee! broke and six large coal cars toppled over the side of the mountain. The accident happened on No 4 switch. Bud Lucas, the flagman, was ou top of one of the steel cars and jumped a distance of 30 feet and was badly hurt, Scott Walker, brakeman, was thrown a distance of 40 feet and completely covered over with coal. He had to be dug out and was found uninjured, - Snake on the Nest, Last Saturday aftersoon Mrs. Amelia { Bartholomew, of Mill Ha went into | her chicken coop for the purpose of put. 0" il, had been setting for a day ot two. She carefully placed a couple of eggs under what she supposed wasthe hen, when she saw the head of a snake slowly raised up and turn toward her. She ran from the coop and called to Frank Emerick, a | near neighbor, who came and killed the reptile, which proved to be an immense | blacksnake a little over six feet long Bush Meeting. The Evangelical Christains will hold a bush meeting in Moyer's woods, oue mile east of Colyer, to begin Friday ev. ening, August 12th. The Rev. Thos, A. Elliott, of New Buffalo, Pa., and Rev, David Brouse of Port Royal, Pa., will be present to assist Rev, A. |. Homer in preaching. All are invited. Tabernacle and Two Tents Destroyed. The tabernacle and two tents at the Sugar Valley campmeeting gronnds, near Booneville, accidentally caught fire Saturday morning about 2 o'clock and before sufficient help artived burp ed to the gronnd. Work on reconstruct: ing the same was commenced, Tell your troubles before other people have a chance to tell you theirs. mer: | chant ships through the Dardanelles and | tion of the Red Sea seisures was undsr | ted | As a result of the meet. | {log a strongly worded despatch was | the | line of entertainments is beiog prepared. | ting some eggs under a black hen, which | (OUR HISTORICAL | REVIEW | Lumbermen ‘Organize to | Timber at Home OPPOSED Keep ‘THEY A meeting of the Cabinet was held on | a. . v i A Remarkable Snow Storm in 1854, Re- | Many—Political | membered By Happenings Fifty Favored Prohibition. Years Ago- In 1853 came the era of log floating which encountered violent opposition. A large meeting was held in Snow Shoe at the Askey school! house, presided over by (Perry) Jobn Lucas; William Holt, Ee¢q., and William Askey, dents, and William Stewart, secretary. vice -presi- Dr. James Irvin made an address set. ting forth the grievances and injurious results of floating loose logs, and one of the that all { hazards to our person and property the floating of loose logs in the Moshannon Creek skall from this night cease.” John Askey and eleven others were appointed a committee to, stop the grievance, “peaceably if they can, forceably if they must.” resolutions “determined fils H. Ful. ton, Esq., of Clearfield county, made to a An able address by Thomas lumberman’s in Karthavs of meeting townsbip on the Fourth July, states Jet uigous ef- the settlers’ side of the argument ; us ex unine for ent f 4 Pe] i ‘ects log-ficating the 1 nth . 3 L0C Of ition natura suggests itself, Who will for buy those 5, who will pay them, and where are they to be run into lumber 7 Will they be purchased, owned, 10 and maanfactared fioated, and into lumber by the labor and capital of the ¢ manufactured itzens of our county? Will the net proceeds derived from the business be brought back and divided amoung the bose and sinew of our coun- try, the hardy sous of toil, as it now is under our present system of lambering? The whole working of the sysiem will be the very reverse. The busines of buy- fog mast ali be doae by wmill-owners and boom-owners. The whole thing must be wonopolized by a few foreign capita.ists, who must locate themseives along the river from Lock Haven to Northamber- land, erect booms in the river, and build mills sufficient to saw up, through the course of lime, aii the pine trees in our Mi country Under an arrangement of this kind the whole lumbering business of our country will be monopolized and i Dy a lew wealthy, aristocrat) Capilaiisis, who are strangers 1 will not me {f our county, an 4 iy be dir Citizens whose feelings, sympathies, and interest are not with us, bul natura ect» ed against our interest and prosperity. Time has long since silenced the jections, se ob- The anticipated curse a The raftiog which kept half the people of Clearfield drunk down the river several of the best months of the year, has wellnigh disappeared. The bosom thatswept away their lumber disclosed at its roots coal that has made or will make Clearfield one of the rich. est and most prosperous counties in the state, In October, Monday 23d, occurred the earliest snow storm of which we have any record here. morning and continued falling all day, clothing the earth in the habilicient of winter, and anticipating the bleak weath. er of December, April 15, 1854, occurred the remark: able snow.storm. The buds aad blos soms were unfolding and garden being | made after a season of very fine weather, | On Friday a cold rain fell, which chang- ed on Saturday, 15th, to sleet, which | continued to fall all day; on Suaday the | snow was nine inches deep. It continu. | ed to snow until noon of Monday, reach: ing a depth of twenty inches. The | storm was accompanied by wind from | the wortheast. On Tuesday, 17th, the was blessing business, | sun came out, and it soon disappeared, | | A similar storm is said to have occurred on the last of March, 1807. July 26, 1854, Hamilton Humes & Son completed their Logan Mill, a stove flouring-mill on Logan Branch, beyoud Mann's axe factory, and commenced grinding four there. The Democratic county nominations weremade in August, Hon, 8, Strohecker for Congress; Assembly Maj. John Neff, of Potter; Sheriff, J. G. Larimer: Protho- notary, J. 8. Barnhart; Register and]Re- corder, Michael Shaeffer, Jr., of Walker; Commissioner, D. Kimport, of Harris; Auditor, Christian Marks, of Half- Moon, M. P, Crosthwaite, it was alleged, failed to get the nomination for register and recorder because he had voted for Andrew Gregg, temnperance candidate a “Oontinusd on page . oe RAFTING | It commenced in the | VOL. 26. XO. 2¢, FACT, PUN AND FANCY. Bright Sparkling Paragraphs-—Select- ed and Originated. LATER ON, — | There'll be kicks about the heat | Later on; ! There'll a be grow! from all we meet Later on; Every fellow will declare That it's mighty hard to bear, And will wish for chilly alr, Later on, They will oft express regret Later on; When their brows and cheeks are wet, Later on That rude jibes they used to fling At the backwardness of spring And they'll yearn for winds that sting, Later on, High the mercury will rise Later on Aud Old Bol blaze in the skies Later on fans wil whiz ’ founts will siz | electric the soda Later or Fhey'll be sorry Later on that they g And at fuel dealers scowled Later on For the man who sells them jee Will exact a heuvy price For a measly little slice, Later on, Bear in mind that "twill be hot Later on oly be sought w Later on ngtime 4 Most of for the fare wasn't { Patronizing saloons has gotten many a man into a tight place. who must be well-heeled, The reformer would stamp out an evil A woman is a delusion that every man bugs at some time or another, There isno reason why eatiog water- melons should make one feel seedy. Any fellow who is debt will tell you that it is better to do tham to be | dunned, | The Baron Rothschilds propose to dis- | tribute $3,000 000 to the poor. Holders of Steel stock should forward their names and Postoffice addresses. in An Indiana physician claims that ani- 1 lif be created from mai He Many beast when fall o liquids. as a may a man has been branded f certain liquids. additional life iam Jennings In applying for some Wil the usual question n the application sheet, "Have f an any insurance recenlly, Bryan had to il up wri Pp Query was © ted One ever suffered To this Mr. “Yes, from two attacks as you from fever kind ?” Bryan replied : of presidential fever, both of which were followed by severe chills. Have com. pictely recovered.” '" is a litt “Three years ago the home of John Biddle, of T his story e ““fishy:" » Morristown, N. J., was robbed of a lot f jewelery, including a gold watch be: longing to Mrs. Biddle. Later when the burglar was captured he said he had thrown the pionder into Bad's lake. For the first time in her life Mrs. Biddle went fishing the other day in the lake, and her omiy catch was a 12-00und pick. erel. When the fish was cleaned the missing watch was found in its stomach. JERSEY SHORE GYPSY PARTY. A big gypsy party left Jersey Shore Tuesday afternoon and will spend the next ten on the road, camping out in tents, trading horses and enjoy. ing themselves generally, the Herald. The party is composed of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hephurn and daughter, Foretta, Mr. and Mrs. Lee R. Larimer, Mr. and | Mrs. W. Shannon and son, Howard, { Mr. and Mrs, Harry Childs, John Humes, of this Jersey Shore, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Larimer, of Bellefonte. Clare ence Malson will cook and Frank Har. , ris, Arthur Allen and William Foote will look after the stock. The party left in half a dozen wagons | and on the side of one is printed in large letters. “If you want to swap hotses say whoa.” Twenty-five horses com. prise the swapping material, The party camped between Liberty and English Centre Tuesday night and pushed yesterday on to Blossburg, Tioga. From there they will proceed to Elmira, camping close to the village nearest them when night overtakes the band, The party promises to have a thoroughly good time and many important “‘hoss’ deals are looked for. days Says i Fair Grounds Under the Hammer, The Lycoming county fair grounds were knocked down at sheriffs sale Sat. urday for $5,000. When the purchaser learned that the mortgages on the same footed up $5,403, he threw up the par: chase. The property will be sold over.
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