Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-06

pected, but will go over until the June
term. The illness OF ex-District Attor-
ney John Fox Weiss, 1t is understood,
is responsible for the delay.
Smith is the young grandson of the
man he is charged with killing. The
crime attracted widespread attention
in view of the sensational flight of
smith. The old man, 1t is alleged, was
murdered and robbed and his house
was set afire. presumably for the pur-
pose of hiding all traces of the crime.
Smith was captured in Pittsburgh
after having been chased over Penn
sylvania and into Ohio by County De-
tective Walters.
Mr.. Weiss, who is counsel for the
defense, has been i'll and had little
chance of getting his case ready for
trial. The March criminal list was
completed to-day and will go to the
printer tomorrow. Thus far seventy
six new cases have been listed and
more than forty were postponed from
January term. March sessions begin
Monday, March 16.
Testimony for Superior Court.-Tes-
timony in the cases of Ida L. Evans,
Anne Mahney against the Summit
Branch Mining Company and of 1. ID.
West against Alfred Hannah, three of
the cases from which appeals had been
taken from the Dauphin County
Courts, were prepared by Harry F.
Holler, Dauphin's Prothonotary, for
presentation to the Superior Court for
argument Monday.
Light In Front OF Courthouse.-In
connection with the completion of the
| new revolving doors and the removal
of the frame vestibule at the Court
house. many county officials are dis
cussing the advisa bility of having the
County Commissioners provide further
lighting facilities by installing a lungs
ten light just outside the doors on the
portico.
Remodeling for Apartments.-A per-
| init to remodel 1856 Market street was
| taken out to-day by A. L. Snyder. The
changes will cost approximately $1,000.
Inspector Disc Resigns.-Allen Per-
cival Disc, an engineer and one of
the inspectors on the river wall and
Paxton creek improvements for the
Board of Public Works, has resigned
to enter the service of the Eastern
Fuel and Light Company, Philadel-
phia. Mr.. Disc, who is a University
of Pennsylvania man, has been con-
nected with the Board of Public
| Works since early last Fall.
Sues G. /. and S. Co. Receivers. -
Suit against Charles T. Bailey, Jr.,
j. V. w. Reynders and James w. Cam
| eron, receivers for the Central Iron
and Steel Company, was filed yester-
day by Bessie NJ. Downey to recover
damages for the death of her husband
The plaintiff claims that her husband
| Daniel, was so badly hurt while al
work as to cause his death. Mrs
Downey has three. children and they
join in the action.s
| Want to Establish "Pothouse'' -
Following conference yesterday with
Paul Demours, Philadelphia philan-
! thropist and a representative of the
American Bible Company, Poor Direc-
tor c. L. Boyer announced that he
hopes to establish an old style English
'pothouse'' In Harrisburg. There
tramps and other wayfarers may be
housed and fed by working for the
privilege. Colonel Joseph B. Hutchi-
son, Chief of Police, approves of the
plan. too.
! First Primary Petition Filed.-The
first petition to be filed for a place
, on the primary ticket was presented to
the County Commissioners to-day
Jonas L. Jury, Upper Paxton town
ship, was the candidate and he wants
to be Republican county committee
man. Scores of application blanks
have been taken out.
Open Bids For Printing.-At noon
to- day the County Commissioners and
| County Controller H. w. Cough
opened bids for county printing. The
schedule offered from which the bid
ders were expected to submit proposals
was for 10 cents per line for first in
sertion and cents per line for each
subsequent insertion. The Star-Inde-
pendent bid so and 371a per cent. off
respectively, and the Patriot bid 35
and 80 off, respectively. The Tele-
graph did not submit a bid.