Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-06


result of good management. The
money is part of the 100000 voted
for the expenses of the reunion and
which was devoted to caring for
$4,000 veterans for seven days, all OF
the military and State police and pay
ing for blankets and other things
No one expected balance and yet II
is coming UP from Washington.
Colonel BETTER yesterday gave out
the bound volumes of the report on
the reunion and members Of the Leg
islature congratulated him upon it.
The book is the finest ever made by a
state printer and is embelliShed with
splendid pictures, including views OF
the field and actual photographs OF
the reunion. It will be treasured for
years and the demand for it will be
immense. Each legislator received
one copy. Other States are to receive
copies and some will also be sent to
Washington.
Hearing to BE Held Here. = The
hearing of the complaint of the Phil
adelphia commuters, which was re-
Gently reopened, is to be held here
on Friday. The Public Service Com
mission has decided not to grant the
transfer to Philadelphia, where it was
already gone into extensively.
Bell Says Farewell.-Attorney Gen
eral Bell yesterday afternoon said
farewell as Attorney General to the
judges of the Dauphin county court.
At the conclusion of his argument in
defense of the anthracite coal tax act
he addressed Judges Kunkel and Nc
Carroll as follows: ''As this is prob
ably the last time that l shall appear
officially before your honors, l beg to
take this opportunity to express to
YOU my sense of genuine apprecia-
tion and grateful obligation for the
uniform courtesy / have received from
hnI so nj rDll
in life have this beauty, that after
the happiness of having experienced
them, the happiness of remembering
them ever remains"
To Attend FuneraI.-President pro
tenn. Kline, of the Senate, to-day named
the following committee TO attend the
funeral of ex-senator j. X. p. Hall. at
Ridgway on saturday: Senator's Soness.
Beidleman, Gerberich. Dewitt, Hilton,
Hndman, Grow. Kurtz, Graft. Mages,
Washers and Clark.
to-day granted charter to Antonio
Reig & Langsdorf, Inc, Philadelphia,
with capital of $1,OOO,0OO, it being
with $1,000,000 in long time. A pay
the State.
Pardon Board Business.-Announce-
ment of disposition of heldover cases
was made to-day by the State Board of
Pardons as follows: recommended
IeTTle, HTSJ ueSIce
} Philadelphia: commuted several years
ago; Harry Biesantz, forgery, Philadel-
phia, and John i. Cresson, forgery,
etc. Philadelphia. Refused w. H.
Nash. forgery, philadelphia: Charles
Miller forgery, Chester; r.. II. Brown.
murder, commuted, Philadelphia; Will
liam Webber, murder, commuted, Berks.
The Kaufman case from DauDhin coun-
tY was continued until the new board
meets
Big Water Henring.-The Springfield
Consolidated Water Company to-day
submitted to the State Public Service
Commission a statement of the valua-
tion of its properties made by John W.
Alvord. of Chicago, a water engineer
re presented big charts and tables,
weeks ago. The testimony was highly
technical. Henry M. Tracy, of Consho-
hocken, representing some of the com
plainants, asked IL the commission
could have made an independent eX-
animation of the properties to check
up on the experts report lie said that
the complainants did not have the
funds for extensive a work. Mr.
Tracy also asked that the hearing of
the Cunshohoclen end of the cam
plant be held in Philadelphia. He said
that it would deal with conditions in
Conshohockcn and about the plant
Both requests were taken under adj
visement and the hearing adjourned
without day.
Two likely Chairmen. = According
to Capitol gossip, the chairmen of the
appropriation committees will be Sem
ator Buchanan. Bucks, and Repre-
sentative j. f. Woodward, Allegheny.