Bedford Gazette (Newspaper) - September 14, 1906, Bedford, Pennsylvania The Centennial Edition of THE GAZETTE will lie issued September 21 Send in your subscription ORD GAZETTE Among the at America The Cazette is a Herald VOL 100 BEDFORD PA FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 14 1906 ESTABLISHED IN PEOPLE DE- WEEK IN COURT Farmer Ringing Address Transacted in the Local Temple of Court convened on Monday at m F G Mickey George Rohm and S F Statler were excused from jury service Estate of Etta N Reamer late of Bedford petition for sale of real r i I tate for purpose of distribution OT Acceptance Carrie J Mitchell vs James L rno nrAi ln divorce petition for STANDS FOR SQUARE DEAL of a master George j Points Esq appointed Estate of Philip M Smith late of Mann on petition B F Madore Eiu appointed auditor Estate of Samuel B Long late of 3 petition of Marie Long and Long for T Creasy in accepting the Of a guardian Laura Party nomination same bond for auditor general declared for re- ol Died and same form in the most emphatic manner petition for He reviewed many of the changes people demanded for years but which tlf Clara alul The Fusion For Auditor General in the Fight For the Con- Rights of the People always denied them by the P Mills minor children of Isaac C chine Mills late of Monroe petition of Maty Mills guardian for allowance The action of some railroads in re- for Of minors granted ducing their rate of fare said Mr Elmer W Moore receiver vs A Creasy will have no bearing on the re- B on tne trial list sult at the polls In November It will ial matter on the part of defendant have no effect on the legislature ol 1907 he added declaring that the ple will insist on the of two of Emma J petition ot harlo T for an order of am e rent rate legislation the right of trolley 01 of companies to carry freight and creation of a railroad Mr speech in tull is as foi ol Amanda M V for the appointment ot a gu for lames Bertha Clayton and Mr Chairman and Committee of No- i Matthews minor children of Anna ot the Democratic State u the defendant pleaded nation for the of Auditor General niili was to pay a J am deeply sensible of the fin of costs of and which it involves i undergo in the While I appreciate the honor con- ern at Allegheny foi I cannot fail to realize the fact period of three j ears that personal considerations did not ln re founty bridge over Dunning's at Jones lording in East St G orge Blackburn Esq 111 surveyor and Samuel Boor n I viewers Petition for county bridge over Sandy Run creek in Influence the choice cf your conven hut the belief that candidate whom it named would in good faith nnd good conscience en- deavor to discharge every duty ever grave imposed upon him ad Top and order granted to the lines of honest government and Lewis Pittman sui veyor and George good which are laid j down in no courses in sylvania I The of principles and reforms by the several of that great of the people of who are opposed to the tions and ods of thp tion of those offices of the state i eminent in the hands of the chine meet my hearty endorsement and are in with my efforts in the j last six legislatures of our state rind D E Smith viewers In the matter ot a proposed bridge in Southampton where public Tow n creek Samuel Ake ip muted and John II v and J D James viewers the case of vs A II was continued case ot David B vs Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad and Coal Com- uny Vitalus P Wertz of M deceased vs Sarah Morn et ah continued on These platforms mean to give o int of the inability of an to the their constitutional rights to which for 30 years or more have been Bond of I P Miller with County shamefully under foot by un- for masonry of and manipulators ol a political machine run In the interests of predatory corporations The result is a patch work oi laws for the of the few at thE expense of the many In the Pennsylvania state aia county bridges filed and Thomas E Ott et al vs W W Ho et al sheriff's filed and confirmed nisi On petition W L Hurley of election for Mann's to fill caused by the ment the auditor general's r of E K May is the business office of the state and should he run on business principles The reports which are several yean behind should be promptly made Ir no other department is the financial growth and an vancement of the state so clearly man! The duties of the auditor general are very broad and give him great power which if properly used will save tc the thousands of dollars In con- Junction with the fute treasurer he collects and annually over What are necessities of the stati which demand the tion of such an There ar- tho expenses of the Estate of D II Over late of South petition for order of sale fi ol allowed n for i R vs Frank Fritchey appropriation filed and con- 1 the rules of court Estate ot George W If oft i i filed and confirmed same for order of sale of il estate and granted n of inquest on the bodies of G o Wenck College and A il O'Neal filed M et al vs J V ilson el al sheriff's tiled and nisi Bond ot W II Howry tax tor of filed and approved Estate of Josiah Amos late of different departments of government I petition of Mary E Amos the care of charitable institutions and 1 of Joe F Amos for the payments to counties for schools for educational purposes roads and other purposes and yet the annual average balance remaining ID the state treasury exceeds When the thoughtful citizen takes the time to inquire into the history oi the revenue of nia he will find that the cumbersome In re toad trom via il ii Vail y to in of filed and -i nisi O petition John a native jf admitted to ship Estate of Samuel late o ana the state taxes are collected are patches lo upon a framework which was enacted cl n di saine Alld nearly 100 years ago And i standing the totally changed conditions 1 heirs vs of today the old vehicle is still driven T recklessly and it would be difficult to filed nis and methods under which estimate the tost of the collection ot ttate taxes or explain the irrational methods that are used to disburse or Invest the balances It is a sound financial proposition that the government should not be a lender It Is also a common-sense proposition that it is a poor financial policy to exact taxes from the people into naid to creditor and after deducting the cost of Ing them to repay them Better permit them to remain with the people in tha first instance e of Am lia J Bennett lat of Mearkle and George for the appointment of Upton 1 same estate ot and same P II Coiner J T Fitzimon al that Petition presented tot the incur or the Methodic church Everett Earlston Methodist church The man whose duty calls him M ton and Barndollar First Methodist administer the affairs of the auditor Episcopal church Everett and same general's department of Pennsylvania must do his part in running the cum ot Kihn tax tax machine as it is set up u of Providence filed and but he is not a careful man who not make a thorough examination and an of the machinery with a view to suggesting legitimate repairs The first consideration of a citizen who has been deputized by the people to fill a state office is their interests The and excessive burdens of taxation j come a financ officer of the state to safely aid rightfully subscribe to the proposition in this reform fight which says We repeat our demands for and that the largo surplus of the people's taxes remaining in the state treasury from year to year Estate of Joseph Rose late of inventory lead and tiled and rule waived for presentation and continued nisi Petition of citizens of Southampton for viewers to vacate and change road leading Tussey mountain rom to Cumberland justify one who would Samuel Ake appointed John R Ott and Samuel viewers Estate of D II Over late of South bond of administratrix for of real estate filed and approved of Annie M Drenning child of James and Margaret tor appointment ot a for purpose of marriage be applied to the reduction of taxes for refused the support of the common levied in the several school districts of the state and to improvement ot the state from licenses and onal property be retained by the feral counties in which they are Your candidate for auditor general in accepting this nomination if called to the office by the vote of the people promises a square deal to all and will devote his best energies and a to administering the office fully and honestly for the best inter- ests of the state which are the best Interests of the people quire into the alleged insanity oi son Walter Attorney N Dr A c 15 H Horne appointed commissioners In re petition to annex a of Napier to Schellsburg for schoo report of viewers filed and confirmed nisi Estate of Henry B late of Bedford township petition of for ot a all and Samuel S and W E Reile nd appointed same estate in- The Centennial Gazette Editor am greatly in- in the publication of Centennial edition of the Bedford zette which will be issued on tember 21 because it will contain many important facts relative to the early history of Bedford county Every family in the county should carefully preserve It for the use of their children In value will increase with age as the present generation passes away and In the next and succeeding ations money cannot buy a copy I only desire to call the attention the public to the importune o procuring copies of thy valuable information it will wbich in fifty years Will bs able and In le petition for county budge a Crossings of filed and approved Petition of Napier and h irrison for annexation to Mann's Choice for school purposes Hiram Blackburn appointed surveyor and D W Prosser and B F Wilson viewers Trial List Lee Detwiler vs George B feigned to determine of certain property levied on hariff settled and compromised W Moore receiver vs A li plaintiff claimed the of fire insurance case settled George F Miller vs Martha V action in divorce on tile of desertion jury found in of plaintiff Susan Barley Jr vs John H summons in trespass claimed the sum of cutting trees etc the jury found in favor of the defendant M TRUSTS Speech of Green Fusion Candidate For Internal PATRIOTISM ABOVE PARTY Be Gang Rule to Confine Charter Limits J G afi lation dec would use t check abuse n the for secretary of i in accepting the ed that if elected hs powers of the office to by corporations which had never b- a done in the past by tha Republican machine His speech of in full is as i Mr Chairman and deep appreciation of the honor con- erred I accept the nominations by be Democratic and Lincoln Parties for the office of Secretary of Internal t By the nominations which you lave tendered today decent citizens of liverse political creeds have shown hat patriotism is stronger than party prejudices Four hundred thousand Democrats subordinating party pride to public good crossed beyond their party lines o select as their candidate for the highest place him whose life fits their platform as the glove fits the hand and whose courageous manhood meets every requirement no matter how ex- acting Hundreds of thousands of cans earnest in every tenet of Republican faith seeking the re- of the state and the cation of their party in the name of their martyred have joined forces with their Democratic citizens and have a ticket which appears the names rf hree candidates selected by the convention These patriotic Republicans hava eft te the despoilers of their party only party name which was kept Bern by fraud and the shattered of what was the most ful the most unscrupulous chine had ever plundered an American commonwealth In almost every state as in sylvania honest citizens are breaking ties where necessary to curb conscienceless corporations and to de- stroy corrupt political machines Most of the evils that afflict Pennsylvania have come from the lawlessness of corporations and the rapacity of the corrupt political machine of which they are and have been silent ners The people demand that gang rule shall end and that corporations shall divorce themselves from politics and confine their activities within their charter limits Because of the in- timate relationship between quasi- corporations and the Republican machine the moneys of lave been diverted to the coffers of gang to bribe legislatures and de- bauch the electorate in return for corporation legislation In every that the people have waged to Tain control of tbo state they have the great carrying companies the public utilities cor- o nly allied with tho gang aiding and betting them with purse power and passes The railroads of I state hindered the ment and of those lions of Seventeenth Article of j which are most I to the people Today their gang j allies with pretended contrition are promising the enactment of those against corporation aggression they have so long denied No taint of Insincerity can be read into the Democratic and Lincoln Party platforms Since the crats have demanded what their orm now promises Were the and Lincoln Party platforms lent on the subject of corporation yet the people would know that every needful law would be en- acted and enforced for Lewis Jr in as to these things has become a platform by 30 years est and sincere opposition to tion corruption and control Written words cannot speak with the sincerity of deeds performed The election sf this determined foa to will destroy the gang and divorce corporations from tics force them to become truly com- mon carriers open on equal terms to all users stop in cars and transportation ties prevent abatements drawbacks or rebates destroy their control of parallel lines compel them to retire from mining and manufacturing en- and confine themselves strictly within their corporate limits and apen again for public use the abandoned canals In the state It te the peculiar province of the office Secretary of Internal Affairs for I am your nominee to a watchful supervision over railroad banking mining ing and other corporations and com- pel them to confine themselves ly within their corporate limits By statute the secretary Is given power te and examine and upon complaint made by ho authority to investigate charges corporations anil If he find any charges well founded and be- yond the ordinary process of ual redress to certify his opinion to the Attorney General whose duty it then becomes to proceed against corporation In the name of Had the adequately exercised In- oi office in- of the Pennsylvania road by the national government would have been unnecessary Proper Inquiry by the Department of Internal Affairs would have disclosed the fact that the companies were unlawfully in mining and along the lines of their roads and R certificate of this finding to the General would have compelled to their activities r ithin their proper charter limits Investigation of corporations should of lore than obtaining formal reports aa o the assets liabilities and volume of cusinesa done The tion ascertain whether ate powers are being exceeded It should be as fair Impartial and un- prejudiced as are proceedings court Corporations should be by unreasonably frequent examinations but they should be made to understand that every tion of their charter will be met by speedy investigation and prompt of adverse proceedings Neither I nor the parties I represent oppose coloration's because of their Continued on fourth page 1805 1906 The THIRTY-TWO PAGE CENTENNIAL TION of THE GAZETTE will be issued September 21 IT WILL CONTAIN A of the county parts of which hove never been printed Cuts of historic buildings Original plot of Bedford The original grant of land from the Indians to Penn History of THE GAZETTE and CUTS of all tlie editors Important Articles from files Special articles HON WILLIAM P HON BENJAMIN F MEYERS COL H FILLER DR N HICKOK Broadbrim and other correspondents A complete chronology of the county Extra Copies 50 Order Now Abraham Last Thursday morning Abraham Reighard one of our best known zens died at his home near ovn He had a paralytic stroke years ago and though he did not suffer much pain as a he was confined most of the lime to his room and to his bed this time he was richly by his Christian faith and ienlly awaited the time when he join the companion of his youth who preceded him to the world four years ago It was i wo or three weeks ago that he took a turn for worse His ailments were mich aggravated by a severe form of which hastened his end ilr parents were and Elizabeth Reighard and ie was born on the old homestead on January 4 1831 and was fore 75 years eight months and RO days On September 7 1854 he MS united in marriage to Miss ine Ober of Morrison's Cove To them were jorn eleven children One f those Cyrus died in childhood surviving are the job of Agency la Wayne living on ho homestead farm Charles rick Albert and Francis of Bedford Benjamin of lis Sue Zimmers Mrs Henrietta and Mrs Carrie Holderbaum of Bedford township The subject of our sketch was the last of a family if eight children anci lie is survived y 21 grandchildren and one great grandchild The funeral services were held in Pleasant Hill Reformed church at Saturday morning con- by his pastor Rev B P Interment was made in Pleasant Hill cemetery Mr Reighard was a Democrat in but never sought any public office He was a consistent if the Reformed church in which he honored with the various offices which that church bestows He was me ot our successful farmers and an useful citizen whose ng removes one more noted landmark from the community B F B Miss Mary A Rinard Mar Amanda Rinard died at her late home in Sherman's Valley near Cypher on aged 63 II months and 10 days lingering illness of stomach Deceased was a devoted and ex- member of tlie Lutheran r hurch ot Graceville with which she at the age of 15 years during he pastorate of Rev George C Her religion was not by outward demonstrations jut was new testament type manifests itself in acts of less a daily discharge of Christian and a faithful use of the naans of Grace Her father John preceded her to the world be- ond about 17 years ago and her about Hires years ago She 3 by three of Sherman's Valley Henri of and George W of iear The funeral services held in the Evangelical cLurch Breezewood conducted y a tormer pastor Rev J W ot Bedford assisted by the ent pallor Rev H M Petra and he body was laid to rest in the cemetery adjoining the church J W L Miss Irene Gilchrist Sunday evening Mary Irene died at the home of her nts 1706 Fifth avenue of lion of the lungs She had been in ailing health for several weeks De- ceased was the daughter of J E and Gilchrist and was aged 13 ears four months and 25 days She was a member of Sacred Heart church attended the Sacred schools and was beloved and by her schoolmates and friends She is survived by her ents three brothers and seven sisters Tije funeral took place Wednesday morning at Sacred Heart church and interment was made in St John's Tribune Miss Gilchrist is a niece of Harry David Gilchrist and Mrs John 1 Corle of this place The little spent several weeks here last summer with relatives and made many friends by her pleasant ways and sunny disposition Solomon Metzger Defiance September more the Angel of Death has passed over our town taking from our midst ot our school children Solomon son of Prof and Mrs H D He was years of age and tha cause of his death was The little boy was laid to est at New Enterprise none but lie bereaved parents following the oody to the grave Killed at Hyndman Henry Scroll aged 35 years was injured yesterday about noon at attempting to the caboose of a Baltimore and Ohio freight train He missed the tep and fell beneath the wheels One eg was cut off below the hip and the other at the knee He was removed to the Western Maryland Hospital in city where he died before the had time to operate Mr Scroll was unmarried and was the brother of Miss Bessie Scroll a nurse m the Western Maryland Hospital his death the remains were to the Butler morgue where they were prepared for interment and afterwards sent to berland News September 11 GENERAL Unanimously Chosen By Democratic Conference as Candidate For STATE SENATOR His Ability as a Lawyer His Record as u Soldier His Integrity as a Sinn and His Independence as a Have Won Admiration The action of the Democratic conference which met in the parlors of the Hotel Waverly evening and nominated General tiam H Koontz of Somerset for the State Senate meets with the hearty approval of Bedford county An organization was effected ly after the arrival of the train which brought the Fulton delegates by electing John L Bortz Bedford President and James A McDonough Pulton and James F Mickel Cord Secretaries General Koontz was nominated by Mr Heffley of Somerset and rey D Tate Esq Bedford seconded the nomination No other name was presented and the venerable rister warrior and statesman ed the unanimous vote of the con- of the district and unless all signs fail he will receive a vote in chis county and in the district hat will land safe in the State Senate where he will be a credit to he vote that will be a j long to be remembered The delegates from Somerset were W H Esq Dr John Biggs ind C P Fulton was tented by D A Black Dr R B and James A McDonough The Bedford delegates were H D Pate Esq John L Bortz and Maj fames F Several stirring addresses were made Survivors of the Will Hold Meeting at The officers of the Regimental sociation of the survivors of the One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers have de- to hold their annual reunion on the Fredericksburg battlefield tober 3rd at the same time that a reunion will be held there by the of the Fifty-fourth Regiment The One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment was recruited in Perry Cambria Bedford and Somerset counties and was commanded by Col F B Speakman of Perry county Companies A B and F were from Cambria county Companies G H and I from Perry Companies D and E from Somerset and Companies C commanded by Captain Alexander Bobb and 1C commanded by Captain S B Tate were recruited in Bedford county This regiment saw much hard vice and the United States ment recently appropriated and donated a plot of ground on the battlefield at Gettysburg for the tion of a monument in tion of the heroism shown by its members M D of Everett is president and A W of Somerset secretary of the One dred and Thirty-third Regimental Association and they are publishing the arrangements for the coming re- union It is thought that between 400 and 500 members of this ment survive hut the attendance at former reunions has not exceeded 75 to iOO An effort will be made this year to this attendance All members of the regiment are ed to pass the word along to their comrades and to irge them to be present at the meeting this year Bedford vs Cumberland The following is the score of the game played last Friday at son CUMBERLAND Schafer ss W Rank Ib Raker 3b W Johnson U W Marean rf Reid 2b Rizer cf Johnson c AB R H O A E 2 1 0 13 I Marean p 4 0 2 Totals 87 2 S 24 21 4 BEDFORD -t F Horne 2b Musser c ss Rorabaugh b H Smith II Diehl rf SI Horne 3b Slack p P Smith cf R H 0 A E 1 13 3 6 2 0 1 1 0 Totals 34 7 10 27 7 3 Cumberland 10010000 Bedford 14020000 Earned 5 Two- base First on Slack 1 Struck Marean 1 by Slack 14 Left on 9 Bedford 3 Double and Johnson and Rank Musser and N Horne Time of derbaum DOCTORS li SESSION During the Week at Bedford Springs Successful Meeting The fifty-sixth annual convention of the Pennsylvania Medical tion held at Bedford Springs lUis week was one of the nest attended and most interesting in the history of the organization Many papers of a purely scientific nature were read Wednesday evening's banquet was a success in every particular Isaac C Gable of York was elected president for the ensuing year Married ill Washington In our issue of August 31 we ed that Miss Mary 0 Shearer ter of Mr and Mrs George W ar of had departed for Bellingham where on her ar- rival she would be united in riage with John M Weaver Esq of that city The following was taken from the Bellingham Reveille One of the prettiest private dings of the late summer took place at S o'clock Saturday evening tember 1 at the parsonage of the First Methodist church when Dr J W Flesher united in marriage by the beautiful and impressive ring ceremony of the Methodist church John M Weaver of this city and Miss Mary 0 Shearer of Pa The arrived in the city from her Pennsylvania home on Friday evening She was attired tor the ceremony in a pretty princess gown of white embroidered mull over white silk and carried mums and Mrs Weaver will reside in Milltown at which place they will be home to their friends after September 15 A very pretty wedding was ed September 4 at the home of John H Haines when Rev Alpheaus ler of Newark O and Olive E logle of New Enterprise were joined together in holy matrimony by Rev W S Long The attendants were Replogle of Altoona a brother of the bride and Miss Shelly of The groom is a nephew of Professor William Berry of Juniata College He is a worthy young man being a minister and tor of the church which is located near his home The bride is a ter of Mrs Emma Replogle whose former home was at New Enterprise She is one of the Juniata College students and she has been one of Bedford county's successful school teachers until last September when she taught at Canton 0 The bride and groom will spend their honeymoon visiting relatives alia friends in sylvania after which they will re- turn to their beautiful farm home at Thornville O Girl Shot at Eugene Smith aged 20 shot and instantly killed Mary the old daughter of Emerick ac Tuesday morning Young Smith with three or four other boys was in a barn shooting i ats when a bullet fired at a rat dently went through a crevice and struck the little child who was ing in adjoining lot The ball struck i the child in the left sine and came iout the right side The sad affair was purely an accident yet it has a gloom over the entire village and caused the parents of the child to be almost prostrated with grief Young Smith is almost wild over the occurrence William E Smith and Miss Ada Mae Hillegass both of Point were united in marriage at Mann's Choice on September 12 The young couple have many friends who will unite in wishing them many years of happi- ness The bride is a member oE Grace Reformed church Mann's Choice and was married by her tor Rev C W On Saturday September S at the Methodist parsonage Charles er of New York and Miss Daisy bella Gibson of Altoona were united in marriage by Rev George Leidy Surprise Party A pleasant surprise party was held at the home of Ralph Amos in ford township Tuesday evening in honor of his daughter Maud Those present Misses Margery Lottie Stiffler Virginia Little Rena Arnold Ada Corle Ruth Manock Lista Arnold and Roy Sill Ross Little George Arnold Clarence Corle George Sill Raymond Sammel Espy Diehl Clyde and Daniel Amos Delicious refreshments were served Merry Hay Party One of the mosi jolly parties of he summer was held at Island Park Wolfsburg on Friday evening last Dancing and boating were ing features of the event ments were served at an early hour The party journeyed to the above lamed place on a wagon filled with The music for the occasion was furnished by Whittaker and Hartzell The following are tho names of those who Misses Fannie Heckerman Mary Donahoe Rebecca Ritchey Myra Prosier Josephine Smith Lizzie Mary and Martha Weisel and Jessie McNamara of Bedford Mary Stailey Pittsburg Cora Walters Baltimore Mary Prosser Philadelphia Anna Koschwitz Washington and garet Lessig Messrs William Weisel Clyde Cessna Bert Robert f yan Samuel Koontz George Rush Fred Arnold Charles Dallas Joe Amos Bernard Davidson and Thomas Dona 00 of and Irwin Boor of Washington Meeting Defiance September ers and directors oi Top ship held their preliminary meeting in the High School building at De- fiance last Saturday afternoon ly all the teachers and three tors were present at this meeting The interest of the meeting was marred because of the absence of Superintendent Metzger who at the hour of the meeting was on his way to New Enterprise where he laid away to its last resting place the remains ot his little boy Solomon a victim of that much dreaded disease diphtheria Addresses made by H H Brumbaugh Lauder and Prof W M Edwards after which the teachers organized selves into an educational association tor local institute work by electing W W Smith as president Miss lie Foor secretary David Aldstadt treasurer and Prof W M Edwards press agent In addition to the regular organization there was a com- of three appointed to arrange a lecture course The next meeting will be held at Riddlesburg on Octo- ber 6 County Fair The arrangements for the annual fair which will be held October 2 3 and 4 have almost been completed by the Board of Directors The purses for races have been increased materially There will be a balloon ascension and many other features of entertainment A regulation try exhibit is an added feature The stock exhibit promises to be ally large and attractive The arts and mechanical building will be filled with articles of domestic use and comfort All in all the fair this year promises to far surpass any exhibit within the past decade A purse of will be offered for the in baseball A The past week has been a breaker at our American Four hundred four persons were at the hotel on Wednesday and hundred forty-six were in attendance at the banquet of the Pennsylvania Medical Association Wednesday night There were more automobile parties at the Springs and in town this week than at any other time ing the summer The Springs Com- pany handled the crowd admirably and there is every evidence of ing popularity at the famous resort To Sulphur Springs An excursion train will leave ford for Sulphur Springs Sunday morning at o'clock The lar Bedford Orchestra will spend the day there and this is sufficient antee a musical treat This is an opportunity for our ple to spend a day on an outing which will prove beneficial and it should be taken advantage of The concession on the part of the railroad to run a train to Sulphur Springs is appreciated our people have few opportunities to take such an one a the best should be made of it It is to be hoped that more such trains will be run next year BUDGET Number One Thousand Five dred Twenty-Nine THE REAL ESTATE TRUST CO Tried Employees Most York and Pennsylvania Com- Political Situation New York September 12 the history of financial villainy there is nothing more the of Real Estate Trust in Philadelphia when President Hippie committed suicide to avoid state's prison it was thought he was the leading thief but it now appears that he was the leading tool it was the Austrian promoter who got all the cash and what amazes one most is the enormous amount of the loot and the ease with which it was secured New York has been christened the paradise of thieves I admit that we might he belter than we are but if virtue and good behavior arc to be measured by opportunity we take off our three dollar and cent plug to Philadelphia and if oil the judgment day any of our ing friends desire to know our ad- dress you may find us in the fold while it is morally certain that unless the City of Brotherly Love shall mend its ways it will be found penned up with the goats vania does not deserve any credit for being good if she is good just look at the chance she has she ought to be an object lesson to all the rest of the United States William Penn did not kill the Indians to get possession of their lands lie bought them and paid for them like the gentleman that he was See the price how my heart warms to the good man he knew the Red Men's needs and he provided for hem six barrels of rum 44 knives plugs of tobacco pipes five horses two mules one donkey and other valuable considerations As a further incentive to a virtuous life he Declaration of our Independence look place there and as the ng glory of Pennsylvania's life we letd our Centennial here in together the grandest show of this world's greatness the globe had witnessed up to that time And with all this experience to allow an insignificant little Austrian who hardly knew our and who landed on our shore without a dollar to loot a great national jank that had eight thousand of seven millions ot dollars is The secret of this great loss lies in the loose method of conducting ness and as long as adhere to the old and rotten system which has so disastrous inst so long janks will be looted and failures will occur and depositors and ers will share the common ruin There is one startling fact in con- with bank or business ires not two per cent are caused by the dishonesty of new men the oilier ninety-eight per cent are due 10 over confidence in old tried and officials many of whom had seen brought up from boyhood in the institutions that they robbed The case I reported a few weeks ago fits the illustration exactly The great jewelers and smiths Tiffany Co had a man in heir employ who had been with them forty years he was the head man in the manufacturing department he employed hundreds oi high priced mechanics he made out the pay rolls drew a I'm the amount sent it to tho office got the cash and paid oil his men His bills never were Tlie firm had the most perfect confidence in his rity no one questioned it A jer of robberies had taken place in last four or five years which an- the firm much and for which the closest investigation failed account Their tried and trusted foreman was requested to keep a eye on his men which he promised to do after a time a very valuable diamond was missing and detectives were pin upon the case and while the diamond was not re- covered the brought other matters to light and the es informed Tiffanys that I their tried and was thief they would not believe it tlie absolute had 10 be forced upon them he and con- fessed he had been robbing the firm for years he had padded the pay rolls every week and not satisfied with that he carried away whatever must be punished looters must be put to flight but they must leave the loot behind The country must be saved Broadbrim NOTES People More Hither and Thither in This Busy World Miss Josephine Smith spent day in Everett Miss Ida Smith is visiting relatives and friends in Pittsburg Attorney R C is on a business mission in the south Mr Albert A Egolf of Cumberland was a Bedford visitor last Friday Mr J w Buchanan of Cook's Mills was a Bedford visitor on day Miss Lena Wolff has returned from a month's visit to friends in Cumber land Miss Agnes Arnold of Pittsburg is a guest at the home of Mr W S Ar- nold Surveyor J B Fluck of Loysburg paid a business visit to Bedford this week Miss June Smith is spending some time in Pittsburg with friends and relatives Mrs Dr Potter and baby of burg are visiting her mother Mrs S F Gates Capt A E Schell of is spending this week with Bedford relatives Mr John Gephart of Cumberland Valley was a business visitor in town yesterday Mr Ralph Snell left on Wednesday lor Pittsburg where he has secured a position Miss Helena Rush left on Monday for Cresson where she entered Mt Aloysius Academy Mr George A Rush after a month's visit here left Tuesday night for Baltimore lid W I Woodcock Esq a prominent attorney of Hollidaysburg attended court here this week Miss Leila Nycum of Pittsburg a former Bedford girl is visiting tives and friends here Rev and Mrs J W have as guests Dr and Mrs J E Fritchey nee Shoop of Miss Lillian Sullivan of New York city is a guest of the Misses Kilcoin at their home near Bedford Mrs Frank H Minnick ot man is spending some time with her parents Mr and Mrs Daniel Corle Mr Harry R Nelson of N J is spending the weak with his parents Mr and Mrs W N Nelson Messrs Frank Moses Albert Stonger and George Kress of town are paying a visit to Bedford Misses Lola and Stella of Pittsburg were recent guests of their cousin Miss Lenore Armstrong Miss V Goldie Corle who has been spending the past ten days with friends in Cumberland has returned home Mrs Mary Gunning or Frostburg Md is spending some time with her mother Mrs John Hughes Penn street Messrs F H Todd and S J Sonser of near Wolfsburg were in town attending to business on Mr and Mrs C Upton Brengle of Richmond Va are visiting Mr parents Mr and Mrs V Brengle Mr Jacob V Crouse the dating clerk in cigar store is spending his vacation in Reading and Altoona Merchant and Mrs E A Barnett have returned from a trip to Boston New York and other large cities in the east Mrs Dr Smith and sons who spent the summer here to their home in Philadelphia last morning Mrs Clayton Stuckey and little daughter of Johnstown are guests oi her mother Mrs Julia A Bowers Spring street Misses Margaret Brightbill and Helen spent from Saturday to Monday at Mr Will Biddle's in Friend's Cove Mr nnd Mrs Perry E May of Beaver Falls arc spending some time with Mr May's parents Mr and Mrs Joseph B May Mrs W T Johnson of and Miss Anna Cessna of Ra isburg were guests of their sister Mrs D C Stunkard this week Dr W C Minnich of ling his parents Mr and Mrs W J and attending he could get his hands on I never heart of such villainy He had a large salary a home and a lovely family but when I think of the winding up of his romance 1 be- in to lose my faith in the wisdom of Providence After being confined in the tombs about four weeks the Tiffanys refused to prosecute him and this old rascal got off scott free It was a clear instance of Total Depravity The case of Oilman who was sent to state's prison twenty years ago was another of the tried and trusted yet there was not a week for teen years that he did not commit a forgery There is only one way in which this state of affairs can be remedied and that is by making monthly or quarterly reports and investigations by experts of established character not regularly connected with the hank dismiss the idea that the re- view of the books of the company is made from any suspicion of the bookkeeper's honesty but from the desire to have a thorough knowledge of their business from every element of chance is eliminated Politics engross a large share of passing day and a stranger dle I can scarcely call to mind It is every man for and the devil toko the hindmost We are not likely to run short I candidates for Governor there is a round dozen ready in sight and prospects are good for enough to make up a um Our present Attorney William Travel Jerome is a proper aild he thinks that the Governor's military outfit which he wears on reviews would fit him Governor Higgins has yet put them on the bargain counter and thinks he may possibly have need of them himself We pay Wr Jerome a large salary as District Attorney and he has not been in his office much more than half the time while hundreds of prisoners are tering in the tombs awaiting trial who have been there for months Mr Jerome returned to town last week after a long vacation he remained long enough to draw his salary and then started off on his canvass for Governor and the miserable prisoners who should have been tried in August will be lucky if they are tried before January 1907 Mr Hearst thinks very properly that a journalist ought to sit in the Governor's chair I think so too Mr Hearst though worthy and eminently fitted for the place will hardly get there though he has a gripsack full of wondrous ties on election day But though Mr Hearst cannot capture the prize I know a worthy journalist who could pass under the wire ahead of all com- without turning a hair but my modesty forbids me to name the man but is it part of a patriot to let modesty stand in the way when the life of our beloved country is in certainly not grafters j the medical convention Miss Pearl L ingle and Mr Paul of Bedford Pa were guests on Sunday of Mr and Mrs R S News Jlr George R Shuck and son Frank who were at Olympia Park McKeesport during the mer have returned to Bedford Mrs R R Shrimplin and Miss Katharine Saupp of Pittsburg are ot their uncle and aunt Mr Louis Saupp and Mrs Mary Jeffords Dr Frank Shires of Patton is iting his sisters Mrs Mae Blymyer and Miss Etta Shires Mrs Shires and children have been here for some time Mr H A Cook one of Bedford's printers has accepted a position on the Monessen Dally Independent He left for the new field yesterday Dr Thomas Cashman of ton D C attended the convention of the medical association this week and s the guest of his brother Rev D Cashman Mr and Mrs Charles Gilchrist Mrs John I Corle and Harry Gilchrist attended the funeral of Miss Irene Gilchrist at Altoona on Mrs W L Horne of Indianapolis Ind who is a guest of Mr Home's mother Mrs Ellen R Home spent several days this week in land with Mrs W F Mr and Mrs S D Sansom and daughter of Harrisburg who are spending some time with friends here and Mrs H C Davidson spent Tuesday at the White Sulphur Springs Rev William Lutz of phia is visiting his father er John Lutz Next month Reverend Lutz will leave for Nice France where he has accepted a call to a leading Episcopal church Walls Gave Way Undermined and weakened by ex- IN BRIEF Town Talk and Neighborhood Notes Tersely Told MANY ITEMS OF INTEREST Gleaned From Various Little Points Picked Up By Vigilant Reporters Baseball ai Anderson Park day at p m the Everett men vs Bedford Firemen Mrs Jacob Furry of New prise who is 79 years old is seriously ill with typhoid fever Charles E Middleton lately of the Meyersdale Commercial staff is em- ployed at the Inquirer Don't miss the game at Anderson Park p m Tuesday It will be a fiery contest We are glad to see Charles Dunkle after a long and serious attack of typhoid fever on the street again Rev F W McGuire at Six Mile Run September 1C at a m and at North Point at p m Assistant Postmaster Elias las been receiving the tions of his friends this week a son arrived at his home last Sunday Charles Pfeiffer of Cook's Mills has been appointed carrier for a rural recently established from erslie Md to a point in Somerset The Union Sunday school picnic vill be held in Oster's Grove on September 15 The train wilt top at the picnic grounds morning and evening A representative of the will speak in the M E hurch at Saxton on September 16 at a m and in the Church of God at p m A W Myers has sold his vare business to E H Blackburn nd D W Beam The new firm took Wednesday morning The Gazette wishes them success R E James purchased a alt interest in the grocery and restaurant business of L McMullin The firm as best wishes of The A very pleasant party as given at the home ot and Irs Samuel Delancey in evening in honor of Mrs fifty-sixth birthday Quite number of neighbors and friends present and spent an enjoyable veiling What might have been a disastrous ve was averted by the prompt action f Charles Gilchrist Sunday Mr Gilchrist find he curtains of his flames nd quickly threw the treet but not until considerable amage was done It is not known iow the fire originated Mrs Ellis Lewis the and accomplished daughter of Hon and Mrs B F Meyers of isburg is at work on a novel dealing vith certain social conditions which he publishers will announce in a veek or two a tale of American social life is the itle of Mrs most serious At a recent meeting of the board of trade John T proprietor of the City Hotel vas one of the new members ed Mr Miller was formerly of the Metropolitan at Choice His being on he board of trade is a wise step foi e possesses those business qualities hat are valuable in a community of who uive relatives and friends in other unities anil states and who desire o send them a copy of the the same mail- cl from by sending oi live copies each for a larger lumber the names and Hiee es oi their relatives and riends Miss Ellen W Seifert who for the last three been in the ng school at the Western Maryland left yesterday for nirg -Pa where she will assume the as head nurse in the Hospital Miss Seifert in August Times Miss Seifert is a laughter of J E Seifert of Jann's Choice Marriage Licenses John B Letcher of Blandburg county and Gertrude G of Fulton county Charles Tucker of New York city ind Daisy I Gibson of Pittsburg A Vickroy Blackburn of urg and Rena B Bisel of New Paris William E Smith and Ada Mae of Napier township David E Calhoun and Myrtle M Hockenberry of West Providence Deeds Recorded Ada S ParK to J H Little tract n Broad Top Edna M Whited to four lots in Top 5730 Chester Cooper to Linnie Hann lot n Clearville Tobias Campbell to John B Fluke ot in Loysburg Charles T Holsinger tif sheriff o B F guardian tract in Charles L Longenecker to Mary Snowden lot in Woodbury ship Samuel Kuhns to Monroe H Kuhns 311 acres iir Cumberland ey Henry Stine to R Frank Stine ill acres in Cumberland Valley Rev Goes Wrong C T Coombs formerly pastor of the M E Church at Hyndman has lost his charge and his to the title Rev because of running off with a probationer in the Deaconess home They were ered at a hotel at Mt Vernon N Y by detectives where they had tered as man and wife The young woman was brought to her home at made for the erection of I Everett on Tuesday Coombs is about an addition to W F Gable fo years of age and has a wife and department store the McClain block a three-story brick structure at the corner of Eleventh avenue and street Altoona collapsed with a thunderous roar Tuesday morning and fell into the excavation The ing of bricks and crashing of supports on the Eleventh avenue side gave warning just in time for the escape of workmen in the pit although half a dozen occupants of building among them a woman were slightly injured The building is practically a total wreck the loss being ed at close The first floor of the wrecked structure was pied by the Hurley drug store the Myers floral establishment and E E Miller a men's outfitter The second floor was used for living apartments by and the third as a Sulphur Springs Excursion The Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany will run a special excursion to Sulphur Springs Sunday September 1C Special train will leave Bedford a m and Sulphur Springs at 8 p m stopping at intermediate stations Excursion tickets good only on special train at reduced rates several children at Meyersdale They had been off on the lark eight or nine days Furnace Sold Tile property of the Saxton nace Company at Saxton was sold at auction in Philadelphia last day by William H Staake trustee in bankruptcy for the chaser being attorney of Henry P Brown an Philadelphia Mr Brown would not disclose the names of those for whom he is acting The Saxton furnace property is located along the line of the Huntingdon and Broad Top railroad which owned worth of stock in the nace company The Saxton Furnace Company failed in December 1903 owing to the railroad for freight charges Robbed The postoffice at Riddlesburg this county was entered by robbers day night They visited the town presumably during the day looking over the about midnight are supposed gained entrance by forcing open a window A tity of stamps were carried away
