Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-08
Ehrntt1g Gllat

A good many interesting things have
been witnessed on Capitol Hill and
naturally it is the place where inc.
dents and events in politics govern
ment and other activities occur and
where joy and sorrow are not up-
known. But it is probably the l3S
place in the realm of the eminently
practical that one would expect to find
star-gazing. And yet the other even
ing there was witnessed from upper
oinceS or the great granite building one
OF the prettiest displays of Northern
LlsiltS IN many years and II Is often
that the night worker sees a meteor
scufrylng across the sky. The display
OF the aurora Was on Friday evening
and was almost continuous for an hour
ana a half. Not many people were
expecting the lights" at this time of
the year and consequently they were
not recognized by people who saw the
glow in the north. Yet the acute po-
litlcal observers at the Capitol saw
mem hashing away off in the distance.
III one only knew it, the upper stories
| or the roof of the Capitol afford the
1nest place to see the consultations in
the evening, as the height of the build
ing roof, which is over 10 feet above
Third street, enables one to get above
the glare of the electric lights lust as
on oak Knob one can obtain a splen-
ala idea of autumnal skies at might. The
roof or the Capitol also offers a rare
opportunity just now when the air is
clear TO see the city and its environs
outlined in electric lights. Steelton is
covered by its pail of red from the
nusy furnaces and converters, while
bnola hundreds of lights are dotted
with the headlights OF locomotives.
On all sides the towns about shine ont
ana between them can be spied the
searchlights of the electric cars from
as far out as the brilliantly lighted
Rutherford yards to the faint glow
i whicn u, SHOWS where Mechanlcsburg
The late p. A. b. Widener, who died
IN Philadelphia Saturday. one of the
nchest men of the country, was a
prominent fgure here during the ses-
slons OF the Legislature between 1858
| ana 1870. Mr.. Widener was active in
| politics in Philadelphia and early be-
came interested in business matters so
that his shrewdness made him a val
uaole man to have about to watch the
progress of legislation and see that
things went right. He was not what
one could call a lobbyist, but rather an
| observer of the trend of affairs. and
! later leader in the moves outside of
the Legislature with which, through
tne growth of legislative committees
ers. manufacturers and others. we
nave become so familiar in the last
alt-doZen years. He was early rec
ognlZed as very able man by that
wonderful student of men, General
| Simon Cameron, and was the friend of
many prominent PennsyIvanians long
before he became so powerful in
finance. While here Mr.. Widener made
his headquarters at what we now know
as the Lochlel and at the Jones, now
the commonwealth. Older Harris
burgers recall him as a familiar figure
at the sessions during the Civil War
and Immediately after.
chester P. Ray. executive officer of
the Panama-Pacific Exposition Com
MISSION from pennsylvania, who went
70 the Golden Gate last week with the
Philadelphia councilmanic committed
is on his sixth trip to the expositiA
he had to make the preliminary trips
TO look after the business of the State
commission and the official trips, too.
sans re expects tk to make one more and
says that by that time the prairie dogs
ana other denizens of the plains will
know him by his first name.
Old friends of District Attorney
Mlchael 10. Stroup, who have been fol-
lowing his career as official prosecutor
with interest, have sent him their con-
gratulat1ons upon his victory. Mr.
Stroup was quite an athlete and gem
erai favortte at Franklin and Marshall,
which his opponent. Paul A. Kunkel.
also attended, but at a different time
In college Mr.. Stroup was noted as one
OF the greatest ends that ever PLAYED
on the Lancaster college teams.
The fine weather is causing a rush
OF automobile parties at the hotels
almost as numerous as during the
| earlY 09XS of xrrIa
who can sit above a tire takes to the
roads. In the last few days the
weather conditions have been ideal for
trips or golf or tennis and outdoor life
has been booming. Nature seems to
pc trying to make up for some of the
harsh weather that was sent instead of
balmly Spring and rare June days.
although, as one boy lamented. "Ali
the nice days are Sundays when we
don't go out in the automobile"