Page 6, THE CENTRE DEMOCR AT, BELLEFONTE, PA. Thursday, October 14th, 1909, CHARGED WITH POISONING FAMILY JACOB BAUGHMAN NOW IN LEW. ISBURG JAIL FAMILIES WERE VIOLENTLY ILL Details of Case Show Sensation— | Medicine and Flour, it Was Shown, | Had Arsenical Poison Put in Them Domestic Troubles the Motive. The arrest, a few days ago, at a lumber camp near Philipsburg, of Ja- cob Baughman, charged with the pois- oning of several persons near Loewis- ¢ burg, has developed Into a quite sen- sational case. Baughman fnmate of the Union county jail at Lewisburg, having been held without bail. The details of the case are told by the Lewisburg Journal. “Jacob Baughman, aged about thirty-five years, was arrested by a member of the state constabulary last week, and brought to Lewisburg for a hearing and was bound over without bail for a hearing at the next January court on a most serious charge of at- tempting to poison members of his wife's household at Laurelton, Baugh- man was employed on a lumber job at Cass, West Virginia, and was married to a daughter of Mrs. Annie Stitzer, of Laurelton. Domestic trou- bles in West Virginia, caused a sepa- ration of the couple, and Mrs. Baugh- man returned to Laurelton to her mother, and Baughman remained on the lumber job. Some weeks ago he followed his wife to Laurelton, and endeavored to effect a reconciliation with her, but was not successful. He left Laurelton the next day. A short time after a bottle of a household remedy In the family of Mrs Stitzer was used, and those who took some of it became violently ill. A sack of] flour in the house was used for baking bread. Six loaves were baked from the flour, two of which were used by the Stitzer family, and four sold to Mrs Carrie Lincoln, These two families became violently ill after eating the bread with strong symptoms of arsenical poisoning, and an Investi- | gation followed, Samples of the bread, flour and the bottle were sent to a chemist, and an analysis showed that all contained arsenic. The matter was lald before District Attorney Steininger, and the county commis- | sioners authorized him to employ a detective on the case. A member of the state constabulary, C. B. Booth, of | Troop B, of Wilkes-Barre, was as- | signed on the case, and after three | weeks' work decided to cause the ar- rest of Baughman, who was located In a lumber camp near Philipsburg, Cen- tre county. i “The mother of Mrs. Carrie Lincoln | is still quite {ll from the effects of the polson, as is also Mrs Stitzer, the | mother of Baughman's wife. Owing | to the serious nature of the crime, Basghman was held without ball for trial at the next term of court” i i i } Confesses His Crime. On Saturday Jacob Baughman was | dence and inexpensivencss which oth- | tre County Tragt given a hearing in Lewisburg and | plead guilty of attempting to polach 1 his family, and was sentenced to three | is now an | {days in his life. | taken a | elght years. | required ABOUT BUFFALO VALLEY Pioneers Had Their Share of Suffering From Indians. Juffalo Valley had its full share of Indian troubles, In 1766 all the sot- | tlers men, women and children, were | either killed or driven out. The mas- i sacre culminated at LeRoy Spring, In Limestone township, and the week lat- er was fought the battie at Selinsgrove between the followers of John Harris and the Indians. The whole valley was deserted until 1768, when the land was again purchased of the In 1777 occurred the “Great Runaway” following the massacre of Wyoming. { All the people again left the valley, but soon returned. In 1782 a party of | In7ians came from the West, following along the Shamokin Ridge, now called Winfield Hills, until they reached the { farm of Major John Lee, who lived | near the big spring below the old { stone barn. Here they killed Major | Lee, a Revolutionary soldier, John | Walker and two others. They burn {the houses, This same year, but { earlier, the Indians killed Mr. Emer- { ick, who lived just west of Winfield In | Dry Valley. His wife and two daugh- ters were taken prisoners and the wife and one daughter married Indians and | years after returned to collect {tance due to their dead father, At different smith, who lived church, was killed, and his daughter escaped from thelr captivity at the spring near New Berlin, These deeds will be commemorated October 18, this year, at Winfield, where a paper will be read on the old iron furnace, the old stone barn and other subjects of interest, n time near VETERAN 101 YEARS OLD. Still as active as the average Civil War veteran, Benjamin Gill, of Marion county, W. Va, who is 101 years old, is In Uniontown visiting members of the Fayette County Veterans’ Assocla- tion. Gill served In Company BE Eighty-fifth Pennslyvania Regiment. He was 67 years old when he enlisted at Waynesburg, Pa. In order to get accepted he gave his age as 47. His comrades recall that his halr was gray during the war, Mr. Gill attended school only three He has chewed to- a boy, drink of whisky for forty- His nerves are steady and he shaves himself, and says he bacco ever since { can still bring down a squirrel from a tree with his gun. It is related by the veteran that when his mother was 98 years old she walked ten miles to his home in Ohlo and knitted one sock on the way. She made this trip during the morning and stayed for dinner, and started back at 1 o'clock, knitting an- other sock on the way, and arriving back home before sundown. How to Live Cheaply. Substitute comfort for show. Put convenience in the place of fashion Study simplicity. Refuse to be bullied into a style of living about what is by your position In soclety and is justified by your resources a fashion of simplicity, neatness, pru- Hat ers will be glad to follow and thank | you for introducing. Teach yourself! to do without a thousand and one pret. | Indians. | inheri- | husband and | Kline~ | Drelsbach | but has not | ! must be sanctioned by TON OF STRAW Straw Claims Record For Heavy-Weight in State. Here's a ton of straw, all bundled up {in one family. Philip Straw, of Julian, { proudly claims the record for having | {the heavy-welght family of Pennayl- | vania. The total weight of Mr. and i Mra, Straw and ten children is 2084 pounds, A glance at the list of mem- bers of the Straw family makes the Roosevelt theory seem & mere imita- tion. The list follows: | Philip | | Weight 272 280 Philip Straw. . Mrs. Laura Jane Straw Willlam Straw, 30 years In November next George KE. Straw, 26 years December 13 Bessle Straw, January Olive Straw, August 17 Gordon Straw, September 10, Edna M. Straw, June 12, last, Elvie Straw, 1! August 7, last Mable Straw, 10 Earl Straw, 8 Verdie Straw, +4 196 oR 26 years 140 years last 6 years 0 230 1 260 140 102 62 60 | years years years old, old, Total welght 2084 | One son, Chester M, Straw, is dead, | { having been killed on the rallrond near Altoona, November 3, 1908. He was | about 17 years old and weighed 1856 pounds. Phillip Straw, welght family, ages of the ing open his coat he remarked: | "There's some goods in that and as you see its pretty well filled out. It seems to run in our family to be strong and heavy. “What do we heavy? Nothing different from what | other people eat. We work and eat what we please and are healthy, We | don't get sick. Living In the open air! is the best thing In the world if you | | want to be strong and feel good.” | Philip Straw smiled with satisfac | tion as he dwelt on the joys of lving | | with every member of the family In | good health. Bellefonte Republican, head of laughingly this told several members heavy- | of the Throw- eat to make us so Salary Cut in Chicago. A cut of ten per cent. In salaries of {all officials and employes of Chicago { from Mayor Dusse's 318.000 down to { the lowllest laborer, has been agreed upon by the mayor and department | : heads, it was learned Friday, for next year. This drastic measure was made necessary by the simple fact that Chi. | cago has not money ough to main. tain the pay roll at its normal level | The pay roll last approximated $15,000,000, The cut or year before becoming effective the city coun- against It ls ex. According to Comptroller Wil- son, however, there is no other way of | piloting the administration through its financial troubles cil, where a big fight pected, i | i | State College Wants it The State College Times Says: —* Now | that the governor has granted the Cen. | ion company a charter | itis to be hoped that the corporation will begin work on the line at ones especially between this city and Belle- | and a half years, minimum, and four- | t¥ and showy things which wealthy | fonte, for the major portion of the re- | téen years maximum, in the Eastern Penitentiary. Considering the nature | of the crime we hardly think the flend got all that he deserved. Such a man deserves little clemency Ramsey Air Line. Engineer J. K Howard, NN. J. working the in- Ramsey Air Line, which ommunity, is now county with his corps of and will likely be In Cen- nion counties Mr. Howard could not give stated time for the commencement erations In the construction of the rallroad, which he claims will afford a much shorter route from Chicago to New York, but it is! thought the date 15 not far distant This line will run through Centre | county as the Centre Democrat has | before announced Chief Brunswick terest of the passes thre in Indiana assistants, tre and U of in yugh this « any of 01 Hunting Land is Becoming Scarce. | The opening of the game season is | now in sight and the nimrods In this vicinity are taking down shot guns | and rifles preparatory to going Into the | woods In search of game. The one law | that the majority of the hunters In Centre county seem to forget is the | trespass law : Farmers and other land owners may, | ton, who was granted a severance, will | ing on his trip, threshed his wheat under provisions of the law, prevent | any person walking over or upon their | lands by posting notices warning all | persons from trespassing therein, The ! notices must be placed on conspleu- ous parts of the land to be effective, Wholesale Arrests. Sixty physicians of Schuylkill county have been under arrest by Dr. R. J Brauner, state Inspector charged with the violation of the act of 1905. This requires the reporting of the births of children within days after birth. The state alleges the physiclans neglected to do this COMFORTING WORDS, Many a Bellefonte Household Will Find Them Se. To have the pains and aches of a bad back removed; to be entirely free from annoying, dangerous urinary dis orders Is enough to make any kidney sufferer grateful. To tell how this great change can be brought about will prove comforting words to hun- dreds of Pellefonte readers, Mra. Willlam Crawford, one and one-half miles west of Bellefonte, Pa. says: “I suffered for a long time from severe pains In my loins and constant dull, nagging backaches. 1 also had eadnches and felt dizzy when | arose In the morning. 1 was so tired and worn out during the day that | could hardly do my work and the kidney se- eretions gave me annoyones on Ao count of thelr frequency in passage. I was advised to try Doan's Kidney Pills and procured a box at Orcen's Pharmacy. I had only used part of the box before I found rellef and my kidneys are now In a normal condi tion, Doan's Kidney Pills 414 me more good than any other remedy 1 had vreviously used and in return I heartily endorse them” 4 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 econts, Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. Now York, sole agents for the United | derstood, people purchase and pride yourself | on being just as happy without them as your rich neighbors are with them Put so much dignity, sincerity, kind- ness, virtue and love Into your simple and inexpensive home that its mem- bers will never miss the costly flip- peries and showy adornments of fash. and happier In the and comfortable apartments than most of wr wealthy neighbors are their splendid apartments on, cory in May Try Huston, During the latter part of next month or early in December a special term of criminal court may be held at Harris- burg at which Joseph M. Huston, the Capitol architect, will be tried for con- spiracy, and Wells W. Dettweller and Stoyisha Bozich for murder Wether or no will cial session depends entirely, It Is on the decision of the Bu. preme Court In the allocatur on behalf of ec-Auditor General Snyder and ex- | Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings Shumaker, who want to a; peal from the decision of the Superior Court which sustained Judge Kunkle in sentencing them to two years in the penitentiary and $1500 fine In the Capi- tol graft case. Should the grafter's action be dismissed the trial of Hus- t there be a ape un - begin. Surrounded by Fire. Fighting his way through the flames that were destroying his home, I. D isaving the lives of six children on | Thursday morning by jumping from a second-story window of the burning building. Herritt was awakened at 2 {o'clock by the calls of neighbors, and flames and smoke. The bed occupied by two of the children was burning, : : : 10 | and one child's hair was ablaze, when | { the father grasped the little ones In | his arms and fought his way out, re- | { turning and rescuing others, while his {wife and neighbors assisted. When {all were out Herritt found himself | hemmed In by flames, and was com- { palled to leap from the window, escap- ing uninjured, Say She is Common Seold. The charge of being a common | seold has been made against Mrs, Bus. anna Suration, of Higgin's Corners, Butler county, was arrested on Infor. mation made by Mrs. Maria Kohler, a neighbor, It is alleged that Mrs Suration utters harsh and provoking words about her neighbors In the little town, Mra. Cohler complains that the woman spends her time nagging fault finding and trouble making. A score of women, it Is claimed, will appear against the alleged scold to Insist that she be punished, Anglers for Bass Lands Watch While fishing for bass in the Hus. quehanna river, at Lewisburg, William Strickland hooked a watch that had evidently been In the water for a long while, The hands were rusted off and the silver ease badly battered, al though after oiling the works the time. plece began to run, There are reports that the wheat, in Penns valley failed to sprout on ac- count of the lack of moisture, venue will be derived from these two! places. In fact we believe that the! traffic from this city will be the beavier | No obstacles should be placed in the way of the company by our rural friends, for the completion of the line will be al boon to those living along the right of way.” Bolt Von Moschizisker. Prominent Republicans of Pottsville, headed by W. C. Wilson, William Wil. helm and Guy E Farquhar, have de- cided to refuse to support Robert Von Moschizsker, the Repu! for Bupreme Court A mass meeting at the local academy of mu- | sic has been arranged for Friday, Oc- | 15. The speakers will state Treasurer Berry, Henry C. Niles, | York, formerly state chalrman of Lincoln party, and William Wil. 3 ican nominee justice tober be ex. | of the helm Kansas Visitors. Two sons of Haines township, who sought their fortunes In Kansas ar- rived here last week and took in the fair also the Democrat office-—they are H. B. Hosterman, of Lincoln, Ks. and Daniel Vonada, of Cinnamon Grove same state. They are doing well out there, we are pleased to learn from them. Mr. Vonada, before start. {from off of 200 acres, and the yleld was 3074 bushels Mifflinburg Woman Badly Burned Mrs. Daniel Beaver, of MifMlinburg, | : | Herritt, of Jersey Shore, succeeded in | Was badly burned recently by the ex- | plosion of a lamp. The lady was in| a closet looking for an article of cloth | ing when the lamp burst, and she was | {enveloped In flames In an instant. As. sistance was soon at hand, the flames of health, | found the house already filled with | Were smothered, but not before her right arm, side and back were severe- | {ly burned, Tyrone's Low Death Rate. During the month of Beptember all { records were broken In Tyrone in one | small mortality rate--only one death {occurring In that period and that was { Mrs. Mary Stewart Woomer. This Is {probably the lowest record in the town's history, Cold Slaw for These Deer. Deer are so plentiful in Franklin county this year that the farmers in the mountains, near the Mont Alto sanitarium, are losing money by thelr depredations. Silas Clizgzar, a trucks ster, lost 400 heads of cabbage, the deer eating them In the fleld, -y Prosperity at Burnham, Indications of returning prosperity at the Standard and the Logun companies works at Burnham near Lewistown, are Sonstantty Krowing brighter. The ship- ments of finished prouces from the »0 plants have been also unusually large Almost Boo New Students, the past week, Up to last Wednesday 499 new sty- dents had enrolled at State College, divided as follows: Freshmen, 424; two years students in agriculture, t4; special Sudeits, 8: students in advanced stand. ng. 16, A good definition for appendicitis, is "something that enables a good docs tor to open up a man's anatomy and remove his entire bank account. | i A | but there | gested | wade bythe d.C, 2. or Co., Lowe TO INCREASE STOCK The Lewisburg & Tyrone R. R. May | Be Completed. In the Centre Democrat two weeks ago we alluded to the subject above, In last week's Issue of the Lewisburg Journal, there is the following: A recent move by the Pennsylvania raliroad in fling an application with the State Department at Harrisburg for an Increase of the capital stock of the Lewisburg & Tyrone railroad may mean much to this section and the many stockholders in developing the road. The stock of the rallroad Is to be increased from $100,000 to $700,000, clearly denoting that the Pennsy has something of importance to disclose later on In contemplated Improve- ments and extensions. The route from Lewisburg to Lemont Is a di- | space, rect one and the Pennsy for several |crat is worth seeing years has been endeavoring to secure | besides its beautiful a shorter route westward than it now | amount of the mode has. The road from Sunbury to Lew- | chinery, Including ti istown was taken over several years | type typesetting mac ago, and within the past two years | who wish to Inspect the Bald Eagle Valley rallroad was | newspaper plant wil also acquired. In a route from Tyrone | COmMe to Sunbury the Lewisburg & Tyrone | rallroad offers & route that is many | miles shorter than either of the above, is an uncompleted link be- tween Lemont and Scotia, Centre The Johnstown | Warren Worth Homer Dalley, cated In a home of it Muin street, Johnstow | tres, the bullding, The b tiled and furnished | beautiful mahogany, t tibule and halls are sl i in mahogany, The thas a concrete floor, portant departure in state. The floors in t and the news rooms quality of maple, poll est. The valent Democrat of about 10,00 The new hom It is hard for a w her faults In a decolle IN ITS NEW HOME. Balley proprietors, A solid plate glass front adorns | large It is the finest printing ofMice in Cen- | tral Pennsylvania and one of the larg- having the equi- ily Democrat, and Edward | is now lo- 5 own nt 328-331} n, near the thea- | HE BAZAAR Will offer this week: ne “i usiness office is throughout In he entrance, ves- milarly furnished press room na new and Im- | this part of the | he private offices | are of the best shed and waxed. pleces Blue figured Prints be. — 26 pleces Standard Gingham Ge, Hill Bleached muslin fc Plaid Ralnette only 12%e. White, Grey per palr, and Tan Blankets 600 White Double blankets $2.00 and $2.00. Childrens’ Ladies’ Demo ) fery In Black and Tan contains, | a large printing ma- 6 Jumouh line 1 Ladies wrappers. this up-to-date| All the new styles In be made wel- | shoes, only $2.00 per pair | school shoe yet shown at | $1.50, bed $1.08 and Mens' hos- 0 mquare feet of 10 and ibe 16 of the as It finish, rn 1e Sweaters in great variety at bottoms prices, Childrens’ dresses and cloaks. cloth The $1.25 9 top Best and New SBults and New Hats J. 8. GILLIAM, Prop. oman to conceal te gown t county, of about ten les, The coal traffic from Tyrone en is very heavy, and if this link should be built, it would greatly relieve the con- traffic on the in view of the Increase & move is probable connecting other roads, and in YOU ARE wna Stockers and Feeding Cattie You want to buy where you can get the best ca GOING TO BUY THIS SEASON ttie t for the least money. Write or wire at once to JOHN J. LAWLER UNION Ask your doctor the medical name for a cold on the chest. 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