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Bellefonte, Pa., April 14, 1883,
EpiTor
P. GRAY MEEK,
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'Pemocratic County Committee for
1893.
+ DISTRICTS, i COMMITTEEMEN.
- e Woeeoun sesesnse sernseee ie A. Shaeffer,
Bellefonte, Nm “Jacob L. Runkle.
qm Ww. W. a De MARIE
Centre Hall Boro.. ...R. D. Foreman.
...Abe' Weber.
Howard Boro.... A
“Milesburg * .
Millheim * .... .J.'C. Smith
s 2 , K. White.
Philipsuts Bar ...Daniel Paul.
eee “ 3rd W A pone:
- South Philipsburg... .....John Hoffman.
nin rille OT0 ueuatsscssersusinessnnss E. M. Greist.
‘Benner Towsishin: vosien Daniel Heckman
Boggs “ + Put . Brown.
Heb el 1% .G. H 'Leyman
vu hott INP esd Geo. Noll
Burnside * Li. adinse
8 iP Daniel A. Grove.
Coligge “wr N.P. .T. F. Kennedy.
Curtin a sar J if ay
+ . M: Krebs.
Ferguson - Ww. AL Millen
~ a : . C. Rossman.
arose “ B David Sower,
u iN nHilliam Fealer
yh «John J. Orndorf;
Hgines : W. .. 792 Bower.
1? wen . P: Sebring.
at Mond 3 J, avsesurn ....P. H Meyer.
Howard “= .. .Franklin Deitz
Huston . * . .0.'H. Nason
« Liberty. “ enty Weaver.
Marion ‘* - James Mardy
: ” miah Brumgart.
Miles oe ven Alistin Gramley.
.“ “ « JREOD Digsieh
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L Geo. Emerick.
Pager 4 arses WoW ; Bayer
...Miles Seigfried.
Bush f roeenene Patriek Heffren.
Bnew Shoe .e...dn0. D. Brown.
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Worth: bid ERA ER, RY 7. Woodring.
W, G. RUNKLE, J.C. MEYER,
Secretary. Chairman
I EL ST IE RO,
1 District Representation in’ the Demo-
cratie County Conveation.
It may seem a little early ~to begin
talking of the next county convention,
but since a number of candidates are
already in the field for office and as
many-of the Watci MaN's readers have
been visited by these early birds it
may not be too soon to make a state-
ment show ing the exact representa-
tion each precinct will have in the
coming convention, which will be
held.on Tuesday, August 8th.
Last November, after the official
vote had been recorded, the Warci-
MAN made an apportionment of the
county, giving each district the num-
ber of:delegates which its vote would
allow. On the basis of oue to
fifty. The apportionment showed
that the next convention will number
rjwelve delegates less than the .conven-
dion of 13392: Because the repre-
-gentation in the last convention having
been based unon: the vote for Governor
Parrisoy, for whom there we £25 more
votes polled than for CrLeveranp last
fall, the .district representation was
necessarily larger. The districts which
fell off in their presidential vete and
which will i lose delegates in .conse-
quence are the West ward of !Belle-
fonte, Millheim, Second ward of Phil
ipsburg, west Boggs, west Haines,
Miles, Patton,south Rush, north Rush,
east-Snow Shoe, west Spring, rorth
Spring and Union.
Cousty Chairman J. C. Me¥er has
just finished his apportionment, which
is published below, and corresponds
exactly to the WarcaMan’s last fall
statement. The rales strictly enforeed
would make the next convention -con-
sist of ninety-two members, whieh
would make a possibility of a tie, bat
as there are two districts, the Third
ward of [Philipsburg and the worth
precinct of Gregg, that have the same
excess of votes, Mr. Meyer has fol-
the usual custom and given them each |
a full vepresentative, instead of only
half a vote each.
The various districts’ will be repre-
sented in .the.convention as follows:
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48 8. W.....4 | Halfmoon...
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Centre Hall Boro,.,..2
Howard oY x
Milesburg
Millheim Sips
Philipsburg Let W.
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3rd W
8. Philipsburg...
Unionville “
Benner.........
Boggs, N. P.
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Burnside...
College, E.
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The county convention willbe held
on Tuesday, August8th, The primaries
on the preceding Saturday. =
—— To-morrow. will be Arbor day
and it is entirely fitting that every one
should make some ohservance of it.
Parents remember that bad children
should be taught to stand in awe of
the mighty mandates of the govern.
ment, Give them all a birch’ to.mor-
row and they will always revere it.’
“——1In the lower house of the State
Legislature the A cygw , Local Option
bill was defeated on third reading, by
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The Old Case of Straining .at.a Gnat,
and Swallowing a Camel. gi
For months the proprietors of the
Piutsburg Sunday newspapers and the
news dealers have been compelled to
pay fines at the instigation of the Law
and Order society ot that «city, which
under the cloak of the old“‘blue laws,”
of 1794, has been persecuting the news-
paper people, all the while severely un-
conscious (?) of the Sabbath breaking
street cars, iron furnaces, ferry boats,
inclines and such industries backed by
men of millions.
The time for striking back has come.
For while the publishers have been
paying their finesithey have beea also
busy working up the personnel: of those
who have been foremost in the war
against them. Surprising as it may
seem the investigation has brought to
light the fact that the leaders in the
Law and Order society, ‘that has be-
come such an annoyance, are heavy
stockholders in a dozen or more enter-
prises that require labor every one of
the three hundred and eixty-five days in
the year. They are stockholders in
the traction roads, steam car roads,
ferries, inclined places and the exten:
sive iron industries that have made the
Smoky city: what it is to-day, yet in
their bitter fight against the Sunday
papers they overlook entirely their
own transgressions.
The result of the weekly prosecution
has come at last. The newspaper
people have expressed their determiaa-
tion to arrest all owners of business
enterprises which do any work what-
ever on Sunday. The “blue laws” will
be invoked to work the same way on
all enterprises and every wheel of
machinery will be stopped. They say
“what is sauce for the goose is sauce
for the gander,” so the leaders of the
Law and Order society will find them-
selves caught in their own trap.
The movement is an entirely just
one. If one class of people is to respect
the law, all classes of people should be
required to do the same thing or blot
the obnoxious measure from the
statute books.
Proposed Changes in the Baker B allot
Law,
The two trials which have been giv-
en the Baker ballot law have proven
it to be substantially what the people
have wanted. The universal satisfac:
tion its working at the general election
last fall and at the spring elections in
February gave, has caused it to be
numbered as a.fixture in the statute
books.
The great change in the method of
holding our elections which the adop-
tion of the BAxEr system involved was
necessarily one worthy the most pro-
found thought. While legislators
tried to give the people an honest and
untrammeled way in which to exer-
cise their suffrage it does not seem
strange that a number. of imperfections
should have been discovered in the
otherwise satistactory system. The
Legislature now in session is tinkering
with the bill and ae reported from the
committee it will be changed in a num-
ber ot features. Some of which are
practically of no importance whatever,
while others are much needed and will
add greatly to the success of the BAkEr
ballot. The more important changes
will be submitted as follows :
of the ballot the residence of the can:
didates. That is considered wholly
unnecessary. [tis in the nomination
papers, and ouly increases the size of
the ballot by printing it or them.
2. To reduce the number of ballote.
3. Fix one day to deliver the ballots
to the judges of. elections . instead ot
two, the ballots to be delivered on the
Monday before the election.
4, To extend the time for the sherift
#o issue his proclamation. As the law
reads now it is impossible for him to
comply with it.
5. To require the common pleas
court of the district where nominations
are made, except those made in State
conventions, which shall be tried in
the Dauphin county courts, to decide
upon the validity of all certificates of
nomination.
6. That in marking the ballot each
candidate’s name be marked with an
X, and that group marking be’ ‘done
away with,
7. Alf groups to have a party appli-
cation when that party for ten years
thas been making nominations’ in a
state convention.
8. To repeal that portion of the law
which requires the sheriff to issue a,
proclamation for city elections, ' =
9. That no candidate shall be allow.
ed to act as a watcher, or be permitted
‘in a booth after he has voted.
10. That election officers shall not
be permitted to prepare a ballot for a
person who claims to be disabled.
11. To require ail persons‘ who claim
to be disabled to make affidavit to the
same,
The proposed first amendment, it will
‘be seen, does'away ' with’ an entirely
{unnecessary part on the ticket, for
candidates are always so well known
that there is no danger of getting two
men of the same name mixed. Then
a voteof 102 to 67. Representative
ScuorIELD voted for its passage, his |
colleague, Mr. MoCormick having been |
absent when the vote was taken,
the printing of the address on the tick-
et adds to its bulk and makes ipall the
‘/more confueing to voters.
The first amendment is to strike ‘out
The proposed sixth amendment,
while it will entail much more work
on the part of the voter is nevertheless
a good one, for in removing the oppor-
tunity for group voting it does away
with the possibility of voters voting
only one candidate in a group when in-
tending to vote them all. This place
of mistaking was very noticeable in
the Fali’s election, when the first elec
tor on both Democratic and Republican
national tickets received more votes
than the rest.
Perhaps the best ot the proposed
amendments is the one to require vot-
era calling for assistance to make affi-
davits to their disability. This was
the loop hole through which all the
honest intent of the BAkER system was
perverted. Every voter who could be
bought would simply go into the booth
and then call for the person to whom
he had sold his vote to help him make
itout, The restriction which an affi-
davit defining their disability will im-
pose on such persons in some degree de-
| feat the scheming political tricksters
and should be adopted.
The United States Consular Agent Was
Wounded at Molendo, Peru.
The Trouble Grew Out of Anti-Masonic Demon-
strations That Have Lately Been Made—A
Mob Attacked the Hall of the Lodge and Burn-
ed the Building—The Riots Were Caused by
the Action of the Masons in Ignoring an Edict:
New York, April 10.—The scene of
the outbreak recently reported by Min-
ister Hicks, in which a consular agent
of the United States was wounded by
rioters, has at last been discovered. In
his message to the state department, the
United Statee minister did not mention
the place where the riot occured, and
there has been considerable guessing
indulged in at Washington. The Her-
ald’s correspondent at Lima cables that
the affair occured at Molendo, Peru, on
March 25.
The trouble grew out of the anti-
Masonic demonstrations which have
lately been made in Peru under the di-
rection of the Bishop of Arequipa. Mas-
onic rites were being observed at the
lodge room, and a portion of the Estu-
diantina America company, which was
on its way to the Chicago exposition.
During the ceremoniesa mob attacked the
building. Having driven out the
Masons, the mob attacked the lodge
room and burned the building. The
furniture in the lodge room and the musi-
cal instruments were removed to the
street, piled in a heap and then burned.
A few shots were fired during the me-
lee, cne of which wounded the Ameri-
can consular agent, Emilio DeCasorta,
in the leg Tt is said that the riots were
caused by the actions of the Masons ig-
noring an edict against their ceremonies
which were issued by the Roman Cath
olic bishop of Arequipa. Reports from
Molendo say everything is quiet there
now.
The correspondent adds that the sub-
prefect of police, who made no effort to
protect the Masons in their rites, has
been dismissed by the Peruvian govern-
ment and will be placed on trial.
me seer:
Cruelty to Chuistians.
Turkish Misrule May Again Become a Subjecy
Jor European Inlervention.
Loxpon, April 10.—Advices from
Constantinople show that the British
consuls at Smyrna, Trebizond and other
places in Antolia have sent to the
British embassy in Constantinopie a list
containing the names of 1,800 Arme-
nians who are imprisoned in various
-charges in the several consular juris-
dictions. The question of the treatment
of the Armenian Christians by the
Turks is again assuming importance,
and it 1s reported that Great Britain
will propose the holding of a conference
by the European powers to consider
Turkish misrule in Armenia.
It ischarged that it is a common oc-
curence for Turks to kidnap Christian
girls;and dispose of them to the owners
of harems. If the relatives and friends
of the girls attempt to regain them they
are met with the statement that the
girls have embraced Mohammedanism,
and this, as a rule, ends the matter so
far as the Americans are concerned.
The Christians are ridiculed and sub-
jected to gross outrages, and if they ob-
ject to that treatment they find them-
selves arrested on trumped-up charges
and always found; guilgy.’
Cleveland Will Start It.
The Fresident 10.Sta:t oF the ‘World's Fair on
the 1st of May—Plan of the Opening Exercises.
Cu10AGo, April 9.—President Cleve
land will touch off the World's fair on
May 1 in the presence of from 100,000
to 150,000 people. The plan to have
the opening exercises in a small hall
has been abandoned, and the ceremon-
ies will be held at the east front of the
administration building. There was
considerable objection to the massing
of 80 large a crowd in one portion of
the grounds to witness the ceremonies,
as it was feared that it might ruin the
lawns and flower gardens, but these
were gyercome by those who favored
an open air program.
A platform will be built just in front
of the administration building. This
will be; connected with Machinery hall,
80 that President Cleveland will only
have to step to the speaker's chair to
touch the button. The new plan far
nigshes many opportunities for pict
uresque effects. It proposes to mass ali
the, electric launches, gondolas and
other water crafts in the basin and in
front of the administration building.
Thousands of spectators can get a fine
view of the platform from the water
front.
A Bank Fails, With Liabilities of $30,
000,000.
Lonpon, April 12. —The English,
Scottish and Australian chartered bank
has failed with liabilities amounting to
£6,000,000 or 30,000,000. The bank
was incorporated by royal charter in
1852 and claimed to bave paid up capi-
i tal of £900,000] and a reserve fund of
£310,000.
The Storm in the West.
Estimate of Total Damage.—Havoc Wrought
With the Telegraph Lines, and wvonsequently |
Details of the Loss of Life and Damage to
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Property are Hard to Obtain. {
ably the greatest damage was done in
Iowa, although reports from Nebraska
indicate that when full particulars have
been received that State will lead in loss
of property and human life. :
Along the line of the Chicago, Mil-
waukee and St. Paul railroad, in Iowa
and Nebraska the cyclone cut a wide
swath. The town of Akron, in the
former State, was wrecked, and West-
field, a few miles distant, was badly de-
moralized. Meager reports from locali-
ties in the interior show that devasta-
tion was widespread, although its full
extent will not be known for several
days, owing to the lack of telegraphic
facilities and the washing out ot country
roads, rendering communication difficult
and in many cases impossible.
Continuing along the railroad into Ne-
braska, the storm swept up farm build-
ings, fences and bridges, and finally
swooped down on the town of Page,
which it wrecked. At this point the
first loss of life was reported, Mrs. Clara
Magee being the victim. Her two
children were dangerously injured, and
several other persons were burt. The
storm traveled with terrific velocity,
covering the 200 miles between Akron
and Page in an hour and a half. Great
damage was done further west, but,
owing tothe prostration of the wires,
particulars are not obtainable,
The cyclone was accompanied with a
downpour of rain that added greatly to
the discomfort of those who were render-
ed homeless, and the situation is de-
scribed as being distressing. Streets
were filled with debris of all sorts. In
the town of Parker on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad, the residence
portion was almost completely destroy-
ed, several persons are reported killed
and a number seriously hurt. The
towns of Willis and Powhatten, a short
distance south of Hiawatha, are also
said to be wiped out, but nothing au-
thentic can be learned. In the north-
ern part of the State the storm swept
over toe town of Walnut causing great
damage, and swept off northwestward
iniMissouri, where other small towns
were wrecked. Kansas City was visited
less severely, but thousands of windows
were broken by hail, and cellars on the
flats were flooded.
The storm seems to have been general
throughout the west and south, extend-
ing down into Texas and north into the
Dakotas. In Illinois ecloudbursts oc-
curred at various places, the most des-
tructive being at Centralia. At Spring-
field the street cars were compelled to
suspend operations and other damage is
reported. The entire country south of
Springfield to East St. Louis is flonded.
Floods are also reported from Ottumwa
and Burlington, Ia., and Mitchell, S. D.
The telegraph companies have practic-
ally gone out of business so far gs the
country west of the Mississippi river is
concerned. Whole sections of poles are
down, and the wires are in an intricate
tangle. It will probably be several
days before the damage can be fully re-
paired.
Reservations of Pullman Accommoda-
tions for the World’s Fair on
the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Tne Pennsylvania Railroad Com-
pany announces that arrangements
have -been pertected whereby passen-
gers intending to go to Chicago may
reserve their Pullman car accommo-
dations ia advance. Passengers taking
a train at New York may reserve the
requisite Pullman space one month in
advance of departure, those from other
points on the system two weeks in ad-
vance. This arrangement may be made
upon application to ticket agents of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, who, after
securing the space, will deliver a reser-
vation slip to the passenger. Passen-
gers thus reserving space in advance
will be required to purchase their
tickets seven days before the date of
departure, otherwise the reservation
will be considered as forfeited.
Accommodations in Pullman cars
for the return trip may also be secured
upon application to ticket agents of the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
This arrangement will prove a great
benefit to visitors to the World’s Fair.
Miss Bessie Mitchell's Long Journey.
Boston, April 5.—Miss Bessie Mitch:
ell, who is making a 10,000 mile rail:
road trip through the country without
touching a foot to the ground, arrived
in Boston from New York at 6.15 this
morning, promptly on schedule time,
Miss Mitchell left ber car at 7.15 and
received visitors in the waiting room
of the station. She eat a hearty break-
fast in the depot restaurant, and at
8.30 was speeding toward Chicago,
where ber journey ends. Miss Mitch-
ell is evidently in the best of health,
and shows no sign of fatigue, noth-
withstanding the fact that she has
spent seventeen days in almost contin-
uous travel.
Made a Deep Dive.
SearrLe, April 9.—Captain John
Christianson has made one of the deep-
est dives on record. He plunged into
the waters of Elliot bay and, after
twenty minutes, returded wich the laid
line and a bucket of the tug
Majestic, lying ata depth at half
flood . tide of 196 feet. He apparently
suffered no great inconvenience.
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| Has a Cure for ‘Cholera.
BerLiN, April 11.--D¢. Haffkine hag
written to the Russian papers that he
has conquered ‘cholera by his’ inocula.
tion method. He says that he has inocu-
lated 100 persons with positive - results,
and promises to give his method to the
world on his réturn from India.
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Carlisle Has a Tragedy to Think About.
Lives Lost and Much Property Destroyed.—No A Policeman Shot and Killed. The Officer Was
Chasing One Unknown Man Down an Alley
When He Was Shot Through the Heart, Big
Rewards for the Assassin's Arrest,
CARLISLE, Pa., April 8.—This place
Cuicaco, April 12.—The cyclonic | i8 all excitement over the cold blooded
storm last night wrought much havoc | murder of one of her most prominent
with the telegraph wires, and it is al- | police officers which occured about 10
most impossible to obtain details of the | o'clock last night. At that time Officer
'damageand loss of lifein the west, George Martin was seen chasing a man
where the destruction seems to have | down Dickinson alley and up South
been general and widespread, especially street.
in the state of Iowa, Illinois, Indiaca, lane by the graveyard, closely pursued
Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. Prob- | by the officer. Then the man slowed
The man then turned out a
up until the officer was within a few
feet of him when he turned quickly
and shot bim through the heart.
The prevalent belief is that it was
deliberate murder and that the mur-
derer entered the dark lane and hid
back of a blacksmith shop, in order to
kill him unobserved. He was an- estima-
ble man, was popular, not know to
have enemies and that makes the case
all the more mysterious. He leaves a
wife and three children.
THE MURDERER ARRESTED.
CARLISLE, Pa., April 10.—“Charlie”
Saliards, the burglar who shot- and
killed Policeman Martin on Saturday
night, was arrested at Winchester, Va.,
this afternoon by the police author-
ities of that city. At the time of the
murder he wore a long beard. This
morning he had it removed by a Hag-
erstown barber, who sent & portion of
it here for identification. The requisi-
tion papers are made out and will be
presented to Governor Pattison this
evening for his signature. Saliards
will be brought here for trial at the
May term. The evidence is said to be
conclusive against him.
Big Strike at the World's Fair.
Between 3,000 and 4,000 Men Quit Work Monday.
— The Strikers Claim That the Exposition Offi-
cials Have Shown a Dispositian to Deny Point
Blank Everything Asked—About 80 Per Cent.
of the Tradesmen Employed Did Not Go to
Work.
Cricaco, April 10.—At the most
critical time possible for the the
World’s Fair, the big exposition to-day
encountered its first strike. A thous-
and men quit work this morning, with
a prospect that 4,000 more might join
in the stampede before night. The
stoppage of work was the culmination
of much controversy over what is
claimed to be an agreement between
the World’s Fair officials and the re-
presentatives of union labor, by which
all disputes were to be settled by ar-
bitration. :
The men contend that some of the
exposition officials have recently shown
a disposition, now that the fair is near-
ly completed, to deny point blank any-
thing asked. To-day was named by
the agents of the Building Trades
council as the final time at which ar
bitration must be assented to if a strike
was to be averted: The trades aftected
are the carpenters, painters, ornamen-
tal iron workers, hod carriers, tin and
sheet iron workers. cornice workers,
steam and gas fitters, electrical work-
ers, tile workers, mosaic workers, lath-
ers, gas and electrical fixture hangers,
cement finishers, fresco painters, hoist-
ing engineers, marble cutters, gravel
roofers and other small trades, The
bricklayers, stonecutters and slaters
are not involved.
Gutted by Fire.
New CastLE, Pa., April 10.—About
12 o'clock last night the Young Mens
Christian association building, the
largest and finest in the city, occupied
by the famous singer, Ira D. Sankey,
was completely gutted by fire. The
fire originated in the cellar of the
building from spontaneous combustion.
The loss is partially covered by insur-
ance. Physical Director Thompson
was almost smothered and was rescued
by the firemen with great difficulty.
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Cyclone Passes Over Scranton.
ScrantoN, April 9.—A cyclone
passed over the southern part of Scran-
ton last night, which resembles the ter-
rific storm in Wilkesbarre two years
ago. Though the strip of territory over
which it was extended was narrow the
damage done was considerable, Hous-
es were uoroofed, trees ard fences car-
ried away and a summer kitchen
moved fifty feet. Several were pain-
fully hurt but there was no fatalities,
Good Crop Prospect.
HarrisBurG, Pa., April 10.—Sec-
retary Edge, of the state board of ag-
riculture, has received crop reports from
correspondents throughout the state,
which indicate favorable conditions
with respect to all the crops this year.
It is estimated that about 1,310,000
acres are in wheat and 1,250,000 acres
in oats: The clover is in good shape
and everything is favorable for farm
work.
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....Harris 1s McLeod's Successor.
PrivAoeLrHIA; April 9.—At a meet-
ing of the board of directors of the
Reading Railroad company, held at
noon yesterday, the resignation of Presis
dent McLeod was accepted and Joseph
S. Harris was chosen to fill the vacan-
cy. Thomas McKean was elected a
member of the board, vice Thomas Do-
lan, resigned.
The Pennsylvania World's Fair Build
ing.
HARRISBURG, April 9.—Executive
Commissioner Farquhar has notified the
members of the World's Fair commis-
sion that the ‘dedication of the State
building has been indefinitely postpon-
ed. He suggests that it will probably
take place on Pennsylvania day during
the encampment of the National Guard.
No Pinkentons for Wisconsin,
Mabison, Wis., April 9—The assem:
bly yesterday passed an anti-Pinkerton,
bill ;
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A Town Wrecked.
The Business Portion of a Missonri Town Des-
troyed. © -
Kansas City, Mo., April 12. —Park-
er a small station on the Missouri, Kan-
sas and Texas railroad, was struck by a
cyclone at seven o’clock last evening.
The business part of the town is a com-
plete wreck as well as half the residence
portion. Several persons are reported
killed and a large number seriously in-
jured. No estimate of the loss can be
made at the present time.
All Strikers at Work in Chicago.
Cuicago, Aprii 11.--All the men
who were out on a strike yesterday re-
ported for work this morning, but a
heavy rain rendered outdoor work im-
possible. A large force was put to work
in the interior of the big buildings, how-
ever, and the work of clearing up the
debris around the grounds went on. If
the rain should cease by to-morrow a
larger force than ever will be put on
and the buildings will be rushed to com-
pletion.
Democrats Held a Caucus.
HARRISBURG, April 11.—The demo-
cratic members of the house held a caucus
to-day, at which it was decided to refer
to a committee the bill appropriating
$3,881.42 to ex-Representative Higby,
of Crawford, to pay his expenses in the
Higby- Andrews election contest case.
The committee consists of Messrs. Fow,
Baker, Bernhard, Wherry and Skinner.
The bill is in the hands of the house
appropriation committee.
Indian Chief Suicides.
Sioux Crry, Ia. April 9.—United
States Marshal Matthieson received
notice yesterday that White Faced
Horse, the Sioux Indian chief who ac-
companied Two Strike in his raid on
Humphrey's ranch, in which four cow-
boys were killed, committed suicide
Friday at a camp on White river, by
shooting himself through the head.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——The grass is getting green. Are
you ?
—— Miss Ellen Woods, who has been
on the sick list for some time, is slowly
improving.
— Five Sundays, two full moons
and a total eclipse of the sun make
April a calendar notatle.
—— The Gazette has it all figured out
how Republicans are to carry Centre
county next fall. Its a little early for
such calculations.
——Mr and Mrs. Benjamin Beaver,
of State College, spent Tuesday shopping
in Bellefonte. Mr. Beaver is head jan-
itor at the College buildings and a good
one to.
—— Mr. George C ook, of Flag Staff,
oae of the most beautifully located and
prosperous towns of Arizona, is visiting
his brothers A. J. and C. F. Cook in
this place.
——The wedding of Will F. Thomas,
of State College, and Effie Loder, of
Jacksonville, was solemnized in the
Reformed parsonage in the latter place,
last Thursday evening.
—— Miss Alice Wilson is dangerous-
ly ill with pneumonia at ex-Governor
Curtin 8, where she makes her home. A
slight improvement in her condition
was noticed yesterday.
——The “Chestnut” sociable given
by the Christian Endeavor society in
the Presbyterian chapel, on Monday
evening, afforded a unique entertainment
for quite a number of young people.
——Three Mill Hall stores were burg-
larized on Tuesday night.
MARRIAGE LICENSES. —Issued during
the past week—Taken from the
docket.
Wm. H. Bressler and Claudy M.
Miller, both of Woodward.
Frank Gage and Nora Stine, both of
South Philipsburg.
——Mr. William Grauer return from
Chicago,'on Wednesday, and brought
with him four admission tickets to the
World’s Fair. They are quite a curios-
ity, resembling in general appearance
the old fashioned papsr money called
“shin plasters.” The tickets run in
series. The first has and engraved In-
dian head, the second that of Columbus,
the third George Washington and the
fourth Abraham Lincoln’s. Quite an
appropriate way of marking the epochs
in cur history. “is
,——The long track shed at the Belle-
fonte Fuel and Supply company’s vard,
on Race street, caved in under the storm
of last Friday morning. Fortunately
none of the yard men were working in
the coal bins when the roof fell for
there would surely have been some one
injured, “It is an ill wind that blows
nobody good,” says manager Jos. L.
Montgomery, ‘‘and now that it is down
we'll tear the whole thing out, put in a
double track and thoroughly improve
our yard.”
-—1If you want your clothing to fit
try Faubles. ;
HD ————
——=The following letters remain uncalled
for in the Bellefonte P. O. April 10th, 1893.
Charlen Austin, Amos E. Elliott , Mrs. Julius
Files, Birdie J. Heckman and Bina Pulton.
When called for please say advertised.
J. A, FIEDLER, P. M.