V [usp ‘Zoavag Sin Over 5,600—Largest in Centre County. LARGE MERGER | AT PHILIPSBURG, THE LOCAL SERVICE CORPORA- | TIONS CONSOLIDATED HOW UNDER ONE MANAGEMENT Electric Light, Gas, Power and Heat- | ing Companies—Eastern Capitalists Interested in Deal—Some Doubt Any | Public Advantage. A big deal has just been closed at| Philipsburg which means the successful | consolidation of Philipsburg's utility eorporations known as the Philipsburg | Railroad Company, the Centre and | Clearfield Street Railway Company, the New Steam Co., and the Philipsburg Electric Light, Gas, Power and Heating | Company, into one company now char- | tod and hereafter to be known as the Philipsburg and Susquehanna Valley Railroad Company. ‘The latter com- pany will be the parent or holding com- | pany of the others named and will Face the management of all the underlying | companies under one control. Strong | eastern people, principally from Phila- delphia, will assume charge of these | several companies at once. Thomas F. Barrett, of New York, has | been elected president of the parent] company , Howard M. Van Court, Pres ident of the Central Trust and Savings | Company, of Philadelphia, is treasurer | with Charl:s H. Rowland, of Philips. burg, as assistant and first vice presi- | dent. and Geotge W, Zeigler, as secre- tary. W. W. Cole will be second vice] president and the consulting and electri cal engineer. J. O. Reed, of Philips burg, who has been the very effici superintendent of the Philipsburg il road Company, has been chosen as gen eral manager of the combined interests, than whom a better selection have been made, A bond issne of $2,000,000 has al ready been authorized to pay develop the underlying as well as the parent company, which work will be done by professionally trained work- men. ’ for and State Ties Indians. On Friday afternoon a special Jeft Bellefonte and State Wilkes-Barre where, on Saturday Carlisle Indians and the State C eleven played a tie game of football, ! the score being 8 to 8 but had It mot been for the thoughtless play by Captain Voorhis, of State, which al- lowed the Indians to make a safety, | State College would have won. This | was in the second half when a try tor | ® field goal by LibLy fell short and the ball rolled behind State's Yoorhis got it bul stood still and downed by Wauneka The train for the ollege College line was touchdowsr the goal ing in the scored a tou of a kick runs hy [ yard line four field g with one one from went wide much sluggir and for holdir serous mir the With Bear Teams. Captain Ronald Amundson known Danish explorer, who to start on a polar expedition eided to try a remarkable ir in the use of draught Ar travel He will bears draw his sledges Bome time ago made a contract beck, the famous twenty genbeck’s Iy at bears animals endeavor Captalr An with Carl animal traine for Ha ice hears ye three ars old been indu month men have for a and the mid promise suc for them polar work. The animals will shipped to Christiana t) they will Amundsen’s sl ip wt ri work training attained the are Ir he results to Conn 8 week on bo be taken ard Hospital Notes ward of AXCImar nite " Mar: H operated or EANETenou 8 yoars old tion Jennie Green, eyes sonlded by being upset Poter Mayes, of tending fair was mitted for treatment Mrs. Katharine Fults admitted for treatment There are 18 patients wm Sunday appendicit and Is In a erith of Bellefonte, face of holling and A CAN « water Filmore, while Overcome at and ad of Woodward in the hoapl Boy Terribly Murt Harry Snyder, of Altoona, aged 14. | son of Councilman Simon Snyder, was | shot Thursday morning and probably | fatally injured. Guy Magee, a boy com- | panion, came up i, young Sayder and | sinted a 48 caliber revolver in his face. nyder said, “don’t point that at me.” “Itis not loaded, replied Magee, and | plied the trigger. The ball entered | the left eye, totally destroying the sight, He was taken to the hospital and is ina serious condition, Will Use Gov. Masting's Tent. At the memorial meeting commem- erating the Indian massacre at Win. fleld oh Oct. 16th, the Baraca class of the United Evan, church of Win- fold, Union county, will use the per- sonal tent of the late Gov. Hastings, where visitors will be served oysters, foe cream, candy, fruits, ete. Call and #00 the boys when attending the ex. orcines, | Chauncy | He was followed by i testimony | widely i torney | Dale, of Bellefonte, replied for the eon | vention The THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, Tuesday being a holliday in memory Christopher Columbus who covered America 417 years ago order of the Knights of Columbus, over the United Btates, held services commemorating this and important event in the history, In the evening the Bellefonte observed the occasion very befitting way Their ly furnished lodge and club the third floor of the Rey was tastily decorated with flowers, and over the chairs was the word “wel of all special Nation's order in in a handsom- rooms, on nolds plants, Bir K ome" made { of autumn leaves which was something quite unique. After the hall was well filled with the Knights and their lady friends Sir Knight Dr. Joseph Brocker- { hoff, rapped for order and in Chester- field style made known the the gathering. He belongs Depew class, thus his In- address was Interesting Father P. J. Mc- object of to the troductory { Ardle, who received a great ovation as he took the rostrum which of the high esteem he is held in by his congregation. He was full of humor, and during his interest- ing address upon Columbus he sald much that brought forth loud applause Every Knight of Columbus, he stated. ought to hunt himself a good wife and then stick to her through thick and thin, Miss Terressa Shislds then favored the audlence with some mental music. Mrs. Cameron sides pleased her hearers couple of amusing recitations Doll, the Irish comedian, ple of Irish songs that the house. Mrs Marie Walsh each rendered a selection on the piano after palatable refreshments were About 11 eo'clox the ed of the chalrs dancing was until wee hours of the being furnished by Smit} orchestra. The occasion lendid success In every is a strong instru. BANDE & brought Burnside« and cou down Miss pretty which = served k large hall h and commenced ar the the musie Christy " wan a = particular MAY HAVE THE RIGRT MAN. John Alluzai Arrested in Huntingdon on Tuesday. Hobbled and closely watched the Huntingdon jail, a foreigner is being held on suspicion of being the who over & month ag mite on the window residence of Thomas Cal two weeks walker employed by railroad compar dong the tracks nea was accosted French at the point in man dyna- About track the lvania walking Creek spoke who compelled of a revolver, r Spruce by a mar with him, a aceent money. The vantage of trackwalker an opportunity off his guard, kr #2 hand and taking ad. the cked the ~ when robber was olver from | he with the expl Warm Reception to Munson The Democratic » t rat and } nels » € 1nd ‘ Hous nferer flames M Art} A ma egheny count Rue Munson St via ur (» the ipreme that they were success. They receive for a Democrat ty and expr 4 through "a would » to Dies Going Hr i old. died idenly on “I sday morning on | His Car es B i years is way to work for the Btandard Mifflin best than Market Steel Company at Burn! He left hor in and had walked to the corner Burnham fell, and he was county the lous of spirits two blocks, and Grand he staggered and ked up the crew to he dead Briner was served as a lo most turbulent car Y wn when pl found known, having policeman in the times that ver knew, and later, he became proprietor of the Junction Hotel &t Lewistown Junction and cone tinued there for 10 by cal City ¢ YEAra CountyBoards at Gettysburg. The twenty of County Commissioners of Pennsyl. vania assembled In the Court House at Gettysburg on Tuesday afternoon with rather a silm attendance. HH. NB. Eastburn, of Doylestown, was tempor. ary president, and the visitors were welcomed by 8B. 8. Neely, District Ate of Adams county. Clement Mr. Dale 1s solicitor for the Centre county board of Commissioners and a good speaker oadstools. As a result of his children mistak- Ing toadstools for mushrooms Andrew Ryan, a Pennsy shopman, is In a eriti- eal condition at the Altoona hospital. He ate a hearty dinner of the supposed delicacy and went to the funeral of a friend, where he was taken violently HL. Other members of the family were also affected, but only slightly, dis- | the | noted | block, | Harly { cides ton | passed to | hold up big Sands and hard over Wg! | be rn PROPER PLAGE FOR QUAY STATUE DESERVES PROMINENCE IN THE CAPITOL'S ROTUNDA SERVICES RENDERED TO STATE | He Was Endorsed by the People for Years—Got What They Voted For—| Commonwealth | An Ungrateful Others Ignored. ’ By this mounted time on o the statue pedestal In the rotunda of the state capitol at | That Is where it belongs consistent, Ry Harrisburg it is pecu- fittingly repre- the commonwealth of Pennsyl- For over a generation the citi the Keystone state elected and re-elected Quay and his followers and endorsed measures When Quay used the state money's and pub- lie officials became bankrupt and sul the people continued to endorse When he was saved from pris- by pleading the of limita tions, as eriminal's last resort, Pennsylvania continued to endorse Quay, and elected his cousin, a simple old man, governor and the $13,000,000 capitol followed monu- ment of graft that nation for its audacity i gener ation the life is a part of the history of stands for graft pol public type and sents Vania | Zens ’ of his 1 Quay statue i later n shocked the Yes, for of Matt Q ti Iny state tion, stealing v J | } the wry of Pennsylvani and ar In it only of ft aint ra Har { retin THE FAIR A SUCCESS The Centre Count Falr of 1808 into histor TY an one of the best attended of any held It is upwards igh the is sure and to and most the estimated that « of people The exhib £ those of fe largely under present management Thursday thro f all kir rmer was with before the grand stand the fault of the manag- they had a » it 10,000 ianed Eaten passed th yeurs — mis 1¢ reference attraction it was not becca booked, but nomehy we ice show when ft Tyrone sidetracked y offer ing them other inducements. and they forsook where, One of the attractive festiives at the fair this year wns the races which were run by fast horses tH dy th em 1 Bellefonte and went else owne ¢ “a me Pea attacks rival titer Attorneys Endorse Munson Ent ent of Cyrus lLaRue for Justice of the Su preme WER Riven by a of the leading members of the county 1 when aot be dorser " Munsor " or Co majority Snyder ar canvassed at court In Middleburg on Thursday It was the expressed opinion of both the Republican aps proached the proposition that they believed the judiciary should partisan, and they declared their preference for Munson was not a matter of polities, hut rather that they end Democrats Munson on non | would support him because of his In | tegrity { his election would redound to the wel. | fare of the people of Pennsylvania third annual convention | and capability, belleving that Typhoid Fever Epidemic Twenty-two cases of typhoid fever wave been reported in the town of Spangler, Cambria county. named after Col 5. L. Spangler, of Bellefonte, The situation 1a so threatening that the state board of health has been notified and aid bas been asked for, This aid is ex- pected within a few days. The water supply is poor and the sewers have con- tamioated the streams. [It is expected that to secure a good supply of water it will have to be hauled into the town in trains, as few of the wells have shown up to the proper standard, Penns Creek Will Swarm. Congressman Focht has secured from the Government hatcheries five mil Hon trout which will be planted at an early date In Penns Creek. They are from three to seven Inches In length for the upper part of the stream. BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, OCTO ome w— con in | of worst sia this BER 14, 1900, MIDDLE Bullet Into His Abdomen—Will Probably Die. Arthur W. Aurand, aged 42 well-known resident of Bnyder county, attempted to end his life at that place, on Thursday morn- Ing and is now In a critical condition During the morning Aurand went to the stable at the rear of his rem dence and placing a thirty-two cali- bre revolver to head pulled the | but his aim was poor and abrasion f the ski back the enr resulted Not ed this he fired a second into abdomen After ond into abdomen up his overcoat, put It to his home, Informing mother of what he had Aurand at once sent for Drs. Herman {ana Bhindel, who responded quickly {to her call. The wound in the his triggor, only of f with his shot an 0 n satishi shot firing the sec Aurand picked and walked his wife and done. Mrs his on abdo- | men was found toc be of a very seri- | jus nature and will in all | prove fatal | Aurand shooting, probability was conscl after but would give no satisfac- {tory replies as to the motive. He | seriously {ll some and Was treated at a | Becmed to be much improved {fay this week he told a friend {he believed that it wouldn't be | Before they would take him ous an time ago, sanitarium, thet ] this preyed upon his mind and was Instrumental in causing him to make | the attempt at self destruction RUN DOWN BY TRAIN. James Mos dent of 8 car inspecter by tral Rallroad Comps {| Very ly Cdr His w clusively and from 1! John Magill on a track Having ur Senger train Philipsburg Inte, would not be alor g fo MeCabe and Magill had a clear thelr speeder Just of Lock Lohmond sehger train noise of the spe dashing along light 4 first int ing ar hand well-known Chester emplo and sudder umstances rk wa ir at § » time they track head BCOVere was the matic b md a near Magill ap d in Ing po urged McCabe to jump for his fe. The latter did so and attempt od to remove the tri-cycle from the NeSk but not getting gufciently far away, was evidently struck by the bumper of the engine such nluries as 10 mir mn Ry receiving cause his death In 4 item Survie hildrer WEDDINGS lehce Of here The » : an elegant is Lhe OD 34] for the Bellefonte Ele and since coming to made a umber The bride 1s a cousin of ‘1 A. Shoemaker and is brig nd tal ented young lady who had been making her home with Mr, and Mrs, Shoemaker for several years, Prior to the present mag .gement of the Scenic she sang there quite freq and her singing | ently was always appreciated. The now Mrs in every way groom natendent tical Light Co. town Das friend Us, Irge 1 Mt al “a “A McAvoy 1s well fitted become mistress of her own home On stay morning at 9 12 o'clock the | couple left on a ten days’ wedding Old Point Comfort and other | of interest, When they return vill go to houseke prog in the Mor 1 house on Spring street I to I ue to The Elks’ New Home. Elk Lodge, onte, purchased from the heirs the estate of the late Ex-Gov, A. G, Curtin the Curtin resiGence on High street, recently vacated by Dr. George F. Harris and wite, Mrs. Mose Burneit and children, and Miss Alice Wilson Ihe price paid was $10 000, and pos session will be given on January ist, I'he arrangement of the interior is such that little alterations are necessary to make it complete in every detail, The third story will be used as a hall which will be much larger thao the hall in the | [building now in use. A hot water plant will be installed and other conveniences will be added, The property is one of the best in the town and was built at a cost of $40,000, so that the price paid is considered reasonable, This will make one of the finest Elk homes to be found in the state. On Tuesday afternoon the ot Belle! of College Band Entertainment. The State College band, composed of twenty student musicians, will give a concert and moving ploture show at Garman's opera house, Friday night, Oot. 16. The moving pictures will be brought direct from the Lubin Motion Picture Co, of Philadelphia and can- not be excelled anywhere. There will be over 4000 feet of filme used, thus Insuring a show of at least two hours, Between each change of plotures the Coleville band will render a number of selections especially arranged for the occasion. There will be a short open years, a | Middleburg, | { republican to | courage an | nominated a couple of men of precisely | the | had been | in but | One | long | back to! | fhe sanitarium and it is believed that | } | Inture we I alr band concert before the curtain MEMBERS OF MACHINE A RECORD THAT SHOWS THEY WERE TOOLS GAN YOU VOTE FOR SUCH MEN Supported all the Vicious Legisia- tion Advocated by the Gang-—Were Tools of the Bosses—~S8Should be Retired. the concerning the named republ for state treas- iditor generas every honest against these their record has recov 1d above inees, Stober for a which sho fluence vole can- d Here The State Machine d its dates in ered its It has imp nee the same class as the n the habit of are its at nothing noming 19056 They fF up to tools. bosses subservient that the They labored for Quay's re- lection, and they sup the jury bill that was expected to protect Quay on his trial. They supported “Pittsburg Ripper,” which the Supreme Court declared unconstituti in the m 18 of ported nal, the They press muzzler gislature wt infamon session suffered. 11 Bil for efforts They 3 the salary Tos sed zed t law it he wd d for a bill Treas $10 000 ite a and ¢ gang of any corrupt | money out typical nine who have this State worked in 4d crime. | Or. of the id make ; The voters lummer should meet him GOLDEN WEDDING and This el entire Qo ATe 10 dred of ™ cairn and Mrs Mr. and Mrs. William Mr Mrs. Jesse Irwin Run : Mrs Pete rs. of Bellefonte Mrs. Martha Harris, of San Die go, Ca Forest Lucas, Rubl Lucas, Melvin, Ha d Lois Lucas more . ana Mary Competent in Every Way. The Wilkesbarre Times that Cyras LaRue dacy gives the citiz Leader Munson's i of Penpsylvania man who {to ’ ens a chance to vote for a petent in every way in the highest 1s com represent them the state, a man president of the Pennsyl vania Bar Associaion, at present a lec turer io the law department of Yale Un iversity, the leader the Lycoming county bar and Willlamsport's most use- ful and progressive citizen, His candi. dacy also gives the opportunity of re. buking the gang for endeavoring to fasten its grip upon that safeguard of the people, the Supreme Court court o who has been as of : If the gang is successful in defeating | Cyrus LaRue Munson and electing its candidate for Supreme Court Justice, it will be only a few years until every mem. ber of the highest court will be tagged with its ownership “He was s0t wanted by the gang.” Citizens can you guess why ? Cyrus LaRue Munson is the candi date of all who resent the treatment giv- en Judge R.ce and of those who believe thet the Supreme court should be above gang manipulations, Beer Poured in Kansas Street Twenty-four hundred and fifty gal lot:a of beer were poured out in a street at Columbus, Kan., on Tuesday by the sheriff, under orders of court, The beet was seized in cold storage at West Mineral. No one claimed it, Anthony Richley, who is well known in and around the vicinity of Centre Hall, bad the misfortune to lose his house in St, Clair, by fire, and his wire was badly burned about the face, Mr. Richley within the last few ex years pended $1500 in remodeling his home . ican | the | Legis- | sup- | was | y support | hise robbery |! t- | Vol, na — ss — 22. No 40 FACT, FUN AND FA Bright, Sparkling Paragraphs—8electe ed and Original NCY. EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS. Little Poure« (ves the drops Little 1 Humbl¢ Help enrie Belling Little ro Little ¢ M: the coal man “« Bomething flerce em 2 { KE and h 8 fortune and ana great Little “ads” well writter Printed nice and neat, ve the jolly trad Homes on “E e of old Age as to % de- | Love frequently starves to death { trying to how little it can live on. | The Time Fixed. | The {8 © rey Bee following intry school #1 posted at a traveling Vii here ing here the Providence ‘He that and he that all be damned at three- afternoor will be following Wednesday permitting the su ort raved iQ De at | The Seat of His Trouble. Parson-—Good Is your busband Mrs Stubb, morning t he is In in't attend know we the right his need - mending nighted His doo The poor, Iw es the best he kin do He sticks to his caste From first Lo last And for pants be makes his skin do. There Was Anoth ster He d«¢ er. Was prea a sermon the ser. the as a i sald U On ng in asked an nip MERGER COMPLETED. to rding to the town id Home Juniata any of ¥ Rall- mpleted ntingdon, Trac- has for of Are N 1 lley npany ngments pment to be It is the establish mail and modern ntingdon, lent ft company al manager J M. secret treasurer IR Yice H. E of Hunt. ary Band Watts, of Belley t} thre sher, x president and WwW. F the out o proposed g bo the farm- ley section, giving inte Huntingdon their products. intends to take begun Huntingdon of bullding a line to and completing what will be known as the Cold Springs park ore w 3 th Steel ar ingdon, « Pp The carrying plans will be a } ers of the Big Val them opening for disposal of The new « up the work direct f the oe re m to an the alma nt mpany New Automobile Tags The avtomobile tags for 1910 will be | blue and in many ways will differ from those now in use, Chief Clerk E. M. | Major, of the automobile division of the {State Highway Department, is now making errangements for the opening | bids for the tags | The State's initials will be placed upon | the new tags, which will be of enamel. Beside them will be the number and the year and at one side a soft surface of metal upon which will be stamped the manufacturers’ number, an innovation for the coming year, The tags will be issued according to the horse power of the machines. ral ers’ tags at $5 a piece will be sold for use on cars for sale, and next year each chauffeur must wear a badge that will be sold at $2 each, —— White Deer Station Burned. The station at White Deer, used both by the reading railroad and the barrow guage road from White Deer to ton, was completely destroyed by fire on Saturn night, the oth, together with practically all the contents. The fire was discovered about 1.30 o'clock hy ne t. crew of a Reading freigh over five ais
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