he A POOR SHOEMAKER'S GREAT DISCOVERY GCirdation Over 4,900.—Largest in Centre County. HOSPITAL INVESTIGATED Friday afternoon, the special commit- tee from the senate, appointed to inves. | tigate the various hospitals in Pennsyl- { vania for the purpose of securing data BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1907. EE, Ts M. E. CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS A Compound that Promises to Yield upon which the annual apportionment Where The Ministers of this District a Large Fortune. REDUCES AMOUNT OF GOAL in Altoona--Dr. H. K. Hoy, former- ly of Bellefonte, Interested--Discov- | perative need of the institution noted. | { They found the institution overcrowded | ery Attracts Attention, in his cobble shop and his { will be made, was in Bellefonte, | gentlemen were met at the train by Dr, | George F. Harris, Dr. J. M. Locke, Dr | Harrison { Chambers, Col, John A. : | John C, Rowe. Used in Producing Heat Inventor Lives | J The R. G. H. Hayes, George R. Meek, W. Walker, Fo: Col. E. R. Voodward and They went direct from the train to the hospital where every- thing was carefully gone over and im. with patients and noticed under what | tremendous difficulties the authorities John Ellmore, the inventive shoemak- | were working. : Lis! er, of Altoona, whose wordly possessions | this time is $17,000 $7000 of which will | conference, which had been in session on would | go toward its maintenance and the $10,- at Tyrone since last The amount asked at not bring $200 on the block, has within | to be expended in the erection of the his grasp millions of dollars and posses- | new addition, the foundation of which | the appointments, ses a power which, if exerted by men | was started during the winter, Senator i will be Stationed. PRESIDING ELDERS REPORT | A Most Flattering Showing in this See: tion-«Church Property Much Im: proved--Several New Erected--Others Repaired, The Central Pennsylvania Methodist journed Tuesday morning after making Rey. Dr. H.R shrewder than himself, could restrict the | Sweeney, of Luzerne county, secretary | Trinity chureh Lock Haven, but East use of coal in the United States and so | of the decrease its value, vania Railroad officials profess indiffer- | amount ence, it is known that a secret uneasiness | hospital, prevails, for if Ellmore’s discovery comes | needed here more than anything else! Cross Fork, into general use the present price of | was a new building, as the present one ter to bituminous coal cannot be maintained Without any knowledge of chemistry, and so illiterate that he seek assistance’in writing to drughouses for his ingredients Ellmore has suc ed in producing a causes common coal ashes, when rith a small quantity heat greater ceed- compound which of coal, intensity ! 3 de of soft r furnace, where 1d one part of bring out more heat period than one ton of pur mous or anthracite The big freight Moguls on sylvania Railroad burn a te running on the level and six hour running up grade. This could be cut down from go to 75 per cent, and the steam generating power increased from 20 to 15 per cent. by the shoemaker's discovery. hous tons an 7 ha met the output and use of covery 1s one of the most remarkable of the age, that he has agreed to back the manafacturer of the compound and to enlist capital to produce it ou a large scale. When first approached by shoemaker, eight months ago, | refused to consider the plan at inally was persuaded to make —— a] fa 4 the Hoy ney. His in tween $10 an seven years 1 r. Hoy made }| and successive tests fo days. He timed the tion of coal and the and then timed the coal saturated ‘with only did he obtain a fier nixture of ashes and ment, burned from one an hour longer. After self he entered into an Ellmore for a half interest and mad plication for letters patent at Was ton and in Canada. Sir appl tions will be made in Englan countries of Europe where granted agreement » ar ar 3 i at KEFT M15 5% Ellmore has guarded his secret quarter century. It came ) imperfect form from his fathe: was a big lumber operator county sixty years ago, but who ave his son the advantage of education Che boy was apprenticed to a shoemak er, and after turned his twenty year the inventive trend of his mind be gan to manifest itself a to} in in ne # ’ FASS He devised plate for joining rails and lengthening | number of towers are being built and the Alt the life of the rail vented him from but his reaping poverty any pre benefit A railroad company made him an offer, | from Tyrone to Lock Haven will be five tr which he refused. Driven by necessity he sought to reopen negotiations, but was informed that an inflexible rule of the corporation forbade a second consid. eration of an invention no valuable. The joint plate was designed to prevent the spreading of rails. The company subsequent] dollars in acadents ¢ rails, Ellmore’s next invention was a pocket fire escape, though out and perfected awhile he was pegging shoe soles and drawing the wax end, used by spreading ried in the pocket, a man of any weight could lower himself to safety from the floor of a burning building, stop any where in his descent, and if he a returned to the point from whence he started, The inventor could not get a hearing, and was never able Io in Song money to § give pract illustration, and that AAA which he declares is one of the fondest creations of his brain has gone into the limbo of the unrecog- m y Before Blimore came to Altoona he lived in Clearfield and there met a con. viet who had just Knished serving a ten ary Sentance A Ww i in ail the prisoner t t ott an entirely new method of compressing air, and on his release made a model of it. While in his cups he diva is compelled to i Dimeling was detained So convinced is Dr. H. K, Hoy (form- 2 r of Al-| must have known at the of coal, and the dis. | failed to eome t | first of next month. ’ » | is on Coll | ing the He claimed that | structure is two and a with this device. which could be car-| esired committee, stated that the com- He stated that what was was too small in which to do the work luded in the delegation that visited onte were, Senators Catlin, J Robt M. sweeney, zerne ; E ! Cunningham Herbst, Berks ; Senato in Philipsbu I0CK the commitiee went to Si where they They were well pleaged + ey Saw, and wil recon: appropriation Tt mittee 1 sized up the situa- In Made a Good Haul, inday morn Mrs san It: 1 N 5. Kerbau Huntingd . bbery is said an A ther men. The Austrian, is know ‘Sem’ had recently been employed by the Kerbaugh Construction ompany and evidently knew that the woman had money, She arose early and going about her work when the men en tered the house and seized ber. They grabbed the pocket of her dress that contaiged the money, and cutting it with a kaife, secured the money and fled There were seven men upstairs who were aroused by the commotion a the woman the but Dy ustriar who as thieves made good their escape The Pruner Orphanage The Bellefonte Councilmen are begin- ning to talk Pruner Orphanage again The ir ations are that the sub) ril Lady Fell On Horse m engaged a horse and Sevier livery stable at Saturday evening and for a drive ng throu Flemington the vanted to ex He feats one ame overbaland the horse's 1 is frightened the animal, which jump to one side breaking a shaft and then into a fence breaking the other shaft r dashboard was broken by the lady's 1, but no was injured in the accident The Block System, A block system, for running trains on the Bald Eagle Valley railroad, will be put into effect on or about May st. A the telegraph instruments will be chang ed from the various offices to the towers miles apart and will aid materially in averting accidents. The indications are that in the near future the road will be | double tracked matter how | Preparing to Move, The publication office of the Times ost thousands of | and the Nittany Printing and Publishing | ed at a cash cost © company. at State College, will be mov. ed into a new building on or about the The new structure e avenue immediately adjoin Nittany inn property. The half stories in heighth and will be well adapted for the purpose intended, The Nittany Furnace, The work at the Nittany Furnace is progressing rapidly and inside of a cou. ple of weeks the large plant will bein operation putting out more and better iron than ever. The entire lining had to be taken out which caused an immense lot of work and expense. One piece of metal drawn out weighed almost 16 tons, The brick work is ng done by the Wallace Brothers Challenge. The ¥Y. M, C, A. basket ball team ac- cepts the offer to play 3 games with the Academy for the fos offered. Althouge winning the first series by the forfeited game which we would have won anyway, we would sooner play the games out and win them. We will play in the with any referee A - Now it fo up to the Academ to accept. C 2D Barnes. yom " 0 her rescue, and the] Main street gets a new pastor in the Although Pennsyl-| mittee would report favorably for the| person of Freeman S, Vought, who is asked by the managers of the transferred from Centralia in the Dame t A. Elliot goes to Rev. 1 Rev. George M Frown fel ™ figtriet Vili AASLTICL Flemington fr M. Grover Jersey Shore. Rev. R, J. to South W amsport and King takes his place on B goes to Rev. D church Juniata, Herman H. Crotsiey Simpson Henry A Straub Walnut Ave. Joseph K. Kni Bakerton, John V oyer Barnesboro, Elmer C. Baker. Bellefonte, James B. Stein Bellwood, Edwin A. Pyles slandburyg, George E. Taylor, (supply). atre & Sandy Ridge, James E. Dun in sely. Eleventh St West Side, Robert | Snyder Clearfield Circuit, Charles K. Gibson, Coalport and Irvona, William A. Lepley Curwensville, William V. Ganoe M. Frownlelter, Flegal S. Taylor r McKelvey Richard Brooks Ellswort} ge Martin C Rollin ie : Franklin arg. and U i Anderson Penn's Valley, George W. Mclinay Philipsburg, Samuel D. Wilson. Pleasant Gap Jot 1 B. Durkee, (supply Port Matilda, Edward 8, Bierly, (supply Ramey, Jacob H, Diebel ? Salona and Lamar, Michael B. Bubt Shawwille, John R. Melroy Snow Shoe, Eimer F. ligenfritz State College, Charles C. Snavely William C. Wallace and Bradford, Nathan B Blair } New Mexico English Texas Sug Samuel Superintendent of the Mission, Bl Paso, Lewis A. Rudisill Superannuates George B. Ague, Da. Kapp, Edmund White, William Stephens, Samuel Creighton Merary PRESIDING ELDER'S REPORT. Wednesday afternoon of last week Rev. B. C, Conner, presiding elder of oona District, made a lengthy re- the Methodist Conference at of the work done in the dis. ict during the year. We culled from it the following facts that will be of inter. est to our readers The church and parsonage at Belle fonte are enhanced in value by a cash outlay of $231, and over $1,100 was act ually paid on old church debts. The | church at Milesburg has been re-carpet- 4 $150, and $100 {been spent for paving. The debt on the church has been reduced $90. {Shoe has expended $57 on church and $86 on parsonage improvements and cut down the cho debt $447. State Col lege improved her parsonage Sas. On the Howard charge the Beech Creek church is improved at a cost of $200 and the parsonage at an outlay of iy the bills are paid. The church at Millheim, on the Penn's Valley charge, has been thoroughly renovated Roof tower, pews, altar rail, platform and carpet all new, exterior and interior woodwork painted; indeed, it seems like a new church; entire cost $1,195. At the reopening on May 20, 1906, Rev. W, P. Eveland, Ph. D., and the writer aided the Jawtor, The entire cost more than pledged and nearly all paid at this writing. The parsonage on the same charge has been improved at a cash cost of $50. Philipsburg puts in a new steam plant for the church and parsonage at a cost of $1,000, and pays the bill and also reduces the debt by $900. The Coleville church, on the Pleasant Gap charge, is repaired at a cost of $3, im te cost $10; both bills artha, on the tay Ror 'yrone to on the Port Matis roars (7 been improved and beautified at a cash outlay $200, and Buildings Wednesday, ads Bender returned 10 om St, Marys and Epworth James McK. Reiley.” { Snow | the parsonage e extent of $40 4a | M. ( per 1. X please accept the thanks and the presi gendered on Martha, JUDGE TUTENS of the pastor for reope: per L nl ling ele the day BET Vices at ny Hag COURT, Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock Earl C. Tuten, Register of held his first Probate Court in the arbi- tration room in the court house. His friends wishing to make his first attempt #l Success went to work, and very prettily decorated the place with flags and bunt- ing Among the numerous applicants for positions were J Rowe, George Rumberger and “Jim” Corl for ti David Foreman was after ( being clerk, while there was a more or less, of pretty | willing to act ” Miss Ida Orris gained then, with the dignity of ald, took his seat on tl before him what seemed Centre county law from the num have had th Adam down the pr dhiey would be written German ] Re] alla ohn the rirls who : h ographer, but st day. E ” ret as his | i f w and 10 tiny in Greek, Lat with i learned pr judge was perfe miliar Case about an hour the jurist presiding WAR Dot as Fishi English, wi nao i The only Register the will gr jus iis decree Jacob From Making Rugs : Jacob Fron who s accused of i murdering J]. C. Dale, is a carpet weaver by occupation and in order to keep his mind from ; ing over the unfor. w A placed, he is devoting his attention to making rugs. He has been taken out of the cell which he had been placed when he was first incarcer. ated and is now occupying the cell vacat ed by his son James From. What nis other faults are. he is a very man, as his hb at Centre bear testimony the best part of the £1 {e still maintains hi crime, and the proper time cated pre tty ever cleanly - f 4 me Ladi Ww a day 1] MOTS ANG 8 feels « ™™H ror ¥ he rugs he and the workma well done people pects to tr rial comes « Katz's Millinery Opening Katz's & Co we, T was the mecca for th It was their annual mil and, as Will Katz and his do anything on the half shell affair was a grand succes, Besides many prety aster bonnets on exhibition, the llefonte orchestra, of present and furnished which ough large store was crowded nd buyers wh tasty and unique decor linery department is under the supervi sion of Miss Grace Marvin, of New York City, a professional designer and trim mer in the art of ladies’ headgear, and this agreeable lady will be pleased to aid any prospective customers in making a selection. Nothing but high class and the very latest creations in millinery may be expected to come from this department of the store. If you are in search for anything up-to-date in this line there 1s the place to esday evel: fBellefont inery opening, father never 5 sl e lad e the the Was thor 0 Headless Body Found in River The mystery surrounding the finding of the headless body of a man sewed in a bag, which was picked up in the Sus. | quehannna river near Georgetown on Saturday, may possibly be cleared up {by the alleged confession of a Mrs | Koomes, of Wilkes-Barre. According to the story received by] the | authorities, Michael Kropaskiec was murdered on March 15. The body, it is Mleged, was hidden in the Coomes cel was which empties into the Susquehanna The body found in the bag answers the description of Kropaskie, Hit His Cork Leg. George Formbals, [r., aged 25 years, a bartender, shot, and fatally wounged Wil. liam J. Warner, aged 23, Pennsylvania rallroad brakeman, Friday night, The shooting took place at Hollidaysburg, and is said to have resulted from a quar. rel over a girl, Warner went to the girls house and found her out. When they came home Warner was still there, and the alter. cation and shooting followed. The ball entered Warner's abdomen, and he died in 12 hours, After Formbals' arrest he declared he shot in self-defense, as Warner had hit him with a stone on the stump of his cork having set in, Don't talk about spring before nder comes around, farmer, with his (ollowed by welcome ‘‘greens.” Centre county, | be has been | time and lar until Sunday, March the 17, when it | t in a bag and thrown into a creek | IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HARRISBURG The Capitol Investigation Develops Amazing Examples of Fraud PENNYPACKER 1S RESPONSIBLE A Hard Fight for Bill allowing Trolly to Carry Freight--Other Bills Under Consideration--Preparing to Ad- Journ Special Correspondence. Fraud in ed by the capitol § ged in investigation of the charges of graft the construction Over th inferior false me ements, in fact fo n reveal- the ir in every has bes enga capitol, e looting t Deen reson nwealth Mi: life of the cor ihe ele nil main rel Sanderson §2 20 and they cost Sanderson $2 The fixtures in {fourteen rooms cost the State $155.360.60 though Sanderson only paid $29,170.00 for them. Even If had been no actual frand, therefore, the overcharging would have been criminal But nearly every piece of material is Rus I'he band carving maciinery is pr H there Lad DO Was maa Dy ana AKG LI bol t nevert Oa . Mey ROO represents ira 13 sellber contr showing signs of ~ week there was a largely juet in Harrisburg at which ) packer was one of the ers. He did or defend any of the ot banqu respounsibili pring : t refer to the crim Noals, and 1 speakers day of the : packer’s were brought o the speakers, ir the House of tenant Adjutant Pennypacker was to fortify his the exposures Governor of (reneral, fu The against obvious n the STUART AND THE MACHINE This is a most significant in It was noticed that Governor didn't join in this chorus of referred to the presence of his pre sor in office, as he was practically pelled to do, but he let it go at that, le manifestly intends to make a thor ough job of the investigation, in so far {as It is possible todo so. During the SATipA gn he pledged himself to that and he Yooks like a fellow who will make good his pledges. But those who make no pledges have set out to take care of the crooks and this is one of the meth- | ods of Atcumplisting that result. Lieu | tenant Governor Murphy ridiculed the | charges during the campaign and he | wants to ignore the (act now Stu pra we er, Speaker McClain and pro tem, of the Senate Woods intended to proceed on those lines when they ap- ed that purpose when he appointed James A. Stranahan and James Scarlet counsel of the State. They are able and iucortuptitie and their reputations are guaran of thoroughness. For that reason the machine men understand that there will be a com ex re, But they hope to defeat effect of it Thos tovitabiy Magar tine ac pana. ey y ne t an ¢ sion of their confidefice in a man will secure him in public confidence. No greater mistake was ever made. The only thing that could be said against Stuart during the cam was that he was associated with gang and if Rajat ad been 8 trifle more prudent ton that af. filation would have defeated Stuart, In Sau of he tact §t 18 folly for the ma. t in the The Continued on fourth page. Was not more serious | He will not be able to do that, howev. | Presadent | pointed the investigators, it may also be | assumed. But Governor Stuart defeat. | Centre Democra Vol. 28. No. 13, FACT, FUN AND FANCY. Bright, Sparkling Paragraphs--Selected and Original. Some politicians are self-made men and others are machine m An egg shouldn't belong to the things that are not what they are cracked up to be, What do you think of a man that sits down to the table three time day, and hanks the Lord bread which he has swindled DOOT beat hi grocer out some of the very stripe, As rban minister, during course one Sabbath said each blade of for some of 7 man all jellefonte has or 118 ais morning grass there The following day one of his flock dis- covered the good man pushing a lawn } Wy # " “© 3 mower about his garden and paused to say : “Well, I'm glad to see you engaged in cutting your sermons short,” 1 parson, J. Allison, a member iegisiature, was ap- motorist motors; t in favor Senator Thomas of the proached who asked if he of some legislation f those who own aul senator the owners nrotection pe ent dDugar valley who retired from farming and moved to Loganton several years years ago, died at that place Friday, as a rest of a stroke of paralysis. De- ceased was a veteran of the givil war. He was 8:1 years and leaves a wife and one sor : 4 aged re of idow 68 vears m ber home was on a week S ay a ditch It is e and f Cal- Was re- A walery nse and al- rshadowed friends we to give «A " 10 ODE instantly massive that was er a a IArTies atl prace prayer Wash. the olume- vant in the base wed, The effect rific. practically The worshipers several leap- but none of them The damage to the build- is estimated at 12.8 The e of Thomas Cold Stream, near Philipsburg, was bad. ly damaged by fire rriday afternoon about 4 o'clock. The fire originated from a defective flue means of a spark falling on the roof, and the high winds prevailing at the time soon fanned the fire of small beginning into a big blaze that made the situation in the whole neighborhood somewhat alarm. ing. The marvel is that the damage The greatest was to the roof, the rafters and walls and the ceilings, At Lewistown, during Tuesday even- ings, 12, fierce thundergust, there was a shower of wild fowl fell, It was durin the storm that the unexpected ha . During its progress a large flock of wild fowl was passing over the town and the birds were evidently attracted by the on two ow A 1 acetylene gas § injured ire 0 Mates, at residen or by tops. There was a quack such as had never been thereabouts. Many ened from their slumbers the noise and some were badly frigh Fi nally the cause of the excitement was were awak-
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